adjective
lovely
Very attractive, pleasant, or enjoyable.
The garden looks lovely with all the roses in bloom.
Etymology
Lovely combines love with an adjective-forming ending. It originally concerns what inspires love and broadens naturally to things found beautiful, pleasant, or delightful.
More examples
- We have a lovely time whenever our cousins visit.
- She has a lovely voice that calms the baby.
- This room is even lovelier in the morning light.
Forms
lovely · lovelier · loveliest
loveliness noun — The quality of being beautiful or delightful.