Lovely vs. Adorable
Lovelyadjective
Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
‘It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.’; ‘The music box plays a lovely melody.’; ‘The castle garden enchants visitors with its lovely blooms.’;
Adorableadjective
Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
Lovelyadjective
Very nice, wonderful.
‘It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.’;
Adorableadjective
Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors.
‘The adorable Author of Christianity.’;
Lovelyadjective
(obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
Adorableadjective
Worthy of the utmost love or respect.
Lovelyadjective
(obsolete) Loving, filled with love.
Adorableadjective
lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
Lovelyadjective
Worthy of praise.
Lovelyadverb
(informal) In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.
Lovelynoun
(informal) An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
‘a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis’;
Lovelynoun
Term of fond address.
‘Goodbye, my lovely.’;
Lovelynoun
A lovely object.
Lovelyadjective
Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
‘Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely.’; ‘If I had such a tire, this face of mineWere full as lovely as is this of hers.’;
Lovelyadjective
Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.
‘A most lovely gentlemanlike man.’;
Lovelyadjective
Loving; tender.
‘Many a lovely look on them he cast.’;
Lovelyadjective
Very pleasing; - applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody.
‘Indeed these fieldsAre lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns.’;
Lovelyadverb
In a manner to please, or to excite love.
Lovelynoun
a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
Lovelyadjective
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
Lovelyadjective
lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
Lovelyadjective
very beautiful or attractive
‘she looked lovely’; ‘lovely views’;
Lovelyadjective
very pleasant or enjoyable; delightful
‘how lovely to see you!’; ‘we've had a lovely day’;
Lovelynoun
an attractive woman or girl
‘a bevy of lovelies’;
Lovelynoun
used as an affectionate form of address
‘don't worry, my lovely’;
