Definitions for lovely
love·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. cover girl, pin-up, lovelyadjective

   a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model

2. lovelyadjective

   appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

3. adorable, endearing, lovelyadjective

   lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lovelyadjective

   Amiable; exciting love.

   Etymology: from love.

   The breast of Hecuba,
   When she did suckle Hector, look’d not lovelier
   Than Hector’s forehead. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided. 2 Sam. i. 23.

   The flowers which it had press’d
   Appeared to my view,
   More fresh and lovely than the rest,
   That in the meadows grew. John Denham.

   The Christian religion gives us a more lovely character of God than any religion ever did. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   The fair
   With cleanly powder dry their hair;
   And round their lovely breast and head
   Fresh flow’rs their mingl’d odours shed. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lovely

   lovely is a song by American singers Billie Eilish and Khalid for the official soundtrack of the second season of the Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why. The song was released on April 19, 2018, through Darkroom and Interscope Records. It was written by the lead artists and Eilish's brother Finneas O'Connell, who also produced the track. The song reached the top five in Australia and New Zealand and was certified Platinum in several countries including the United States and Canada. The song was included on the expanded edition of Eilish's 2017 EP Don't Smile at Me in various countries, and serves as the ninth single from the EP.

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1. lovely

   Lovely is an adjective that describes something or someone as attractive, pleasing, or charming in a gentle, affectionate, or appealing way. It often conveys a sense of beauty, elegance, or delight.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lovely

   having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner

2. Lovely

   lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship

3. Lovely

   loving; tender

4. Lovely

   very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody

5. Lovelyadverb

   in a manner to please, or to excite love

CrunchBaseRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. Lovely

   Lovely is the first real rental marketplace that helps renters land their homes quickly and easily and helps property owners and managers find the best tenants. We are a passionate 15 person startup operating out of a shared workspace in San Francisco, California. We know from personal experience just how painful it can be to rent an apartment, and we think it should be faster, easier, and more transparent. For renters, we built Lovely and Lovely for iPhone, a simple, fast, and complete set of rental search tools at your desktop or on the go to help you find the perfect place to call home. www.livelovely.comFor property owners and managers, we built Lovely Pro, a complete professional suite of tools to help you find the perfect tenant for your home. www.pro.livelovely.com

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lovely

   Creates a feeling of love.

   The dog is so lovely to see when he cuddles up to our child.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on August 27, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LOVELY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lovely is ranked #8076 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lovely surname appeared 4,104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Lovely.
   
   74.5% or 3,060 total occurrences were White.
   19.2% or 790 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 101 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.3% or 95 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 51 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.1% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lovely' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2543

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lovely' in Written Corpus Frequency: #401

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'lovely' in Adjectives Frequency: #202

Anagrams for lovely »

1. volley

How to pronounce lovely?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lovely in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lovely in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lovely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of lovely in a Sentence

1. Bindi Irwin:

   I love her so much because she has got to be one of the strongest women that I know, you look at what she posts and just as an individual she’s a lovely being — she’s a girl with a message!

2. Gwyneth Paltrow:

   And it's lovely to have you as a friend now, and I do love you.

3. Gudrun Carlisle:

   In nine or twelve months( refugee children) are speaking English fluently with little Yorkshire accents, which is lovely to see.

4. Carl Muscarello:

   It was a lovely, lovely kiss, i held her close to me and, when I felt like she was going to pass out from lack of air, I let go of her.

5. Antonio Novi:

   There's a lot of interest in hedging scrap and rebar ... what's preventing us is a lack of liquidity in (existing) contracts so having a market maker would be lovely to see.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lovely
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=lovely
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovely
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lovely
6. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lovely
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html