HEAVENLY


Meaning of HEAVENLY in English

— heavenliness , n.

/hev"euhn lee/ , adj.

1. of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.

2. of, belonging to, or coming from the heaven of God, the angels, etc.

3. resembling or befitting heaven; blissful; beautiful: His home in Tahiti was a heavenly spot.

4. divine or celestial: heavenly peace.

[ bef. 1000; ME hevenly, OE heofonlic. See HEAVEN, -LY ]

Syn. 4. supernal, sublime; seraphic, cherubic, angelic; blessed, beatific.

Ant. 4. infernal, hellish.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .