Definition of "lovely" []

• Full of love; loving. (adjective)
• Inspiring love or affection. (adjective)
• Having beauty that appeals to the emotions as well as to the eye. See Synonyms at beautiful. (adjective)
• Enjoyable; delightful. (adjective)
• A beautiful person, especially a woman. (noun)

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• "To hear that lovely voice, for I do her justice, and there are lovely notes in her voice, _lovely_, to hear that voice shrieking and screaming away, in what she called the great scene, was simply pitiful."
• ""How lovely -- how _lovely_ you are!" he exclaimed, almost under his breath."
• ""Ah! mammy," she exclaimed more than once, "what a lovely, _lovely_ home! how happy we might be here!""