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Lovely \Love"ly\, adv.
In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.]
--Tyndale.
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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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