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lovely

/ˈlʌv.li/ adjective A1
  1. Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace. · It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.· The music box plays a lovely melody.
  2. Nice; wonderful. · It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.

Comparative lovelier · Superlative loveliest

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She had looked on so many unlovely places in her life, poor child; but this was as lovely as anything she had ever dreamed.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 39 · C1
Lovely as the Greek girls of Cyprus or Chios, Mercédès boasted the same bright flashing eyes of jet, and ripe, round, coral lips.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 23 · C1
The Scarecrow went sorrowfully back to his friends and told them what Oz had said; and Dorothy was surprised to find that the Great Wizard was not a Head, as she had seen him, but a lovely Lady.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 72 · B2
He did not know whether he would find Oz a lovely Lady or a Head, but he hoped it would be the lovely Lady.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 72 · B2

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