Lovelier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lovely \Love"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lovelier}; superl. {Loveliest}.]
     [AS. luflic.]
     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.


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              Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely.
                                                    --Robert of
                                                    Brunne.
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              If I had such a tire, this face of mine
              Were full as lovely as is this of hers. --Shak.
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     2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which
        excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.
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              A most lovely gentlemanlike man.      --Shak.
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     3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] "A lovely kiss." --Shak.
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              Many a lovely look on them he cast.   --Chaucer.
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     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.
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              Indeed these fields
              Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns.
                                                    --Tennyson.
  
     Syn: Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting;
          lovable; amiable.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lovely
       adj 1: appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
       2: lovable especially in a childlike or naive way [syn: {adorable},
           {endearing}]
       n : a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model [syn:
            {cover girl}, {pin-up}]
       [also: {loveliest}, {lovelier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lovelier
       See {lovely}