(lovelier, loveliest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you describe someone or something as ~, you mean that they are very beautiful and therefore pleasing to look at or listen to. (mainly BRIT)
You look ~, Marcia...
He had a ~ voice...
It was just one of those ~ old English gardens.
= beautiful
ADJ
loveliness
You are a vision of loveliness.
= beauty
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you describe something as ~, you mean that it gives you pleasure. (mainly BRIT mainly SPOKEN)
Mary! How ~ to see you!...
It’s a ~ day...
What a ~ surprise!
= marvellous, wonderful
ADJ
3.
If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they are friendly, kind, or generous. (mainly BRIT)
Laura is a ~ young woman...
She’s a ~ child.
= delightful
ADJ