āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
lovely
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āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°, āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§āĻ¯āĻŧ
very beautiful or attractive
Dialect
British
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was a lovely person inside and out, always helping others without expecting anything in return.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻļāĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ°āĻŽ, āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ
delightful or pleasurable in experience or quality
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The dinner you prepared was absolutely lovely.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Lovely
Old use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He smiled at the lovely across the room, hoping she'd notice.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻ˛, āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻŽ
used affectionately to refer to someone dear
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Thanks for the tea, lovely â just what I needed.
āĻāĻž āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ â āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§
done in a way that is visually, emotionally, or aesthetically pleasing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The garden turned out lovely after all the hard work.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
loveliness
unlovely
lovely
love
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
