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Pronunciation : Love"ly
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [AS. luflic.]
Definition : 1. Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. "Lovely to look on." Piers Plowman. Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely. Robert of Brunne. If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers. Shak.

2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship. A most lovely gentlemanlike man. Shak.

3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] "A lovely kiss." Shak. Many a lovely look on them he cast. Chaucer.

4. Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody. Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns. Tennyson.

Syn. -- Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable.

[Compar. Lovelier; superl. Loveliest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Love"ly
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : Defn: In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.] Tyndale.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913