Associations to the word «Lovely»

Wiktionary

LOVELY, adjective. Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
LOVELY, adjective. Very nice, wonderful.
LOVELY, adjective. (obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
LOVELY, adjective. (obsolete) Loving, filled with love.
LOVELY, noun. An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
LOVELY, noun. Term of fond address.
LOVELY, noun. A lovely object.
LOVELY, adjective. Worthy to be praised.
LOVELY JUBBLY, interjection. (British) (colloquial) Lovely; great, fantastic.

Dictionary definition

LOVELY, noun. A very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model.
LOVELY, adjective. Appealing to the emotions as well as the eye.
LOVELY, adjective. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats