adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a beautiful/lovely/glorious day (= with very nice weather )
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It was a beautiful day yesterday, wasn’t it?
a beautiful/lovely/magnificent setting
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The event takes place in the magnificent setting of Bramham Park.
a nice/lovely/happy day (= enjoyable )
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We’ve had a lovely day at the beach.
a nice/pleasant/lovely surprise
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It’s a lovely surprise to see you.
a sweet/pretty/lovely melody (= pleasant )
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The pianist played a sweet melody.
beautiful/lovely
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The scenery was beautiful and the people were really friendly.
good/lovely/beautiful
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He wrote, in his lovely handwriting, a letter asking Ramsey to visit him.
good/nice/lovely (= not wet )
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We’ll go out if the weather is good.
lovely/pretty/beautiful
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They admired the lovely flowers in the garden.
nice/pleasant/lovely
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There was a lovely smell of fresh coffee.
they make a lovely couple (= look very attractive together/suit each other well )
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You two would make a lovely couple.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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I've honestly never met anyone half as lovely as you.
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For many years she lay in the coffin, but strangely remained as lovely as if she were still alive.
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The garden was as lovely as ever.
how
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Look how lovely she is, like a flower.
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I had never realized how lovely they were, how kind, how unfailingly polite.
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They even shared cream cakes and tea from a flask at half-time. How lovely Bangor folk are!
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You can't imagine how lovely she was.
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Travis told us how lovely you were.
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Imagine how lovely it would be - you could take the whole family and make a day of it.
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Do you know how lovely you are?
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It was good to be there. How lovely are thy courts, O Lord.
most
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It is a most lovely valley area, extending to over forty acres.
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All had their pages bring and present her with most lovely things, robes and jewels and golden chains.
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Here was a most lovely situation, a sandspit which had been built up into a peninsula.
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They saw instead a most lovely milk-white hind springing into the forest.
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All the most lovely words of love and passion could not express one tenth of what I feel for you.
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She took from a chest a most lovely robe.
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They had the finest food, the finest way of living, the most lovely gardens, the finest dress.
really
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You can turn them up to the most incredible volume and strum them very lightly, and you get a really lovely sound.
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She was sweet, she was really lovely .
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It was really lovely to see how everyone helped everyone else.
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They can be temperamental in the press, but look really lovely when pressed successfully.
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To the east of Bagnères is a really lovely piece of country, not to be ignored.
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It overlooks the tiny village of Montelovesco and offers some really lovely views of the hills of Umbria.
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There are some really lovely places to explore, including some guided walks organised by the Tourist Office.
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She's a really lovely woman but she's not very bright about things like this.
so
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Quite taken with them she was, so lovely to look at, him so fair, her so dark.
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She must go to him looking so lovely that he could not resist her.
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She, of course, becomes agitated and it's so lovely to watch full ripe bosoms rise and fall!
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Also, Sunday lunches, especially in the summer, are so lovely and relaxed.
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It's so lovely to see you!
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The naming ceremony is so lovely .
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Of course, your house is so lovely and full of life.
very
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Glen Muick is very lovely with roaming red deer, beautiful waterfalls, and a peaceful loch.
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The weather was perfect all the while we were there, the evenings very lovely , moonlight softened by fog.
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You're a very lovely girl.
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I knew her on Long Island when she was a girl. Very lovely child.
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She is here, she is unmarried, she is still very lovely - but I don't love her.
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It was all very slow, very lovely , the glow burning and the darkness coming and the water moving.
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She was a very lovely but very unhappy woman.
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However, single or limited colour schemes can be very lovely and a popular addition to the garden.
■ NOUN
day
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In these lovely days , still unspoilt by materialism and television, there was always a singer.
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I just sat, looking at the lovely day , glad the train was in no hurry.
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They all came in, they d had a lovely day shopping.
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It was the loveliest day imaginable now that she knew the name of Angel's foster parents.
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It was a shame to waste such a lovely day sitting indoors, he announced.
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We've had a lovely day , haven't we Arthur?
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It's a lovely day , isn't it?
evening
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It was one of those still, lovely evenings that you sometimes get in October.
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It's been a lovely evening .
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They spent lovely evenings and nights together.
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Eventually we decided that, as it was such a lovely evening , we'd stroll round the village.
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It had been such a lovely evening .
face
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His eyes appraised her face , a lovely face, a sad face - because of him.
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Her lovely face in the candlelight, the soft pitch of her voice as she sang him to sleep.
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The sun shone on her lovely face and hair.
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Through the long slow hours of darkness he saw her lovely face and forgot that she did not love him.
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If only he could see her, speak to her, look into her lovely face .
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But as I looked into her lovely face , I knew I could not live with the lie.
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What a shape, what a neck, what a hand, and what a bloom on that lovely face !
garden
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Service is friendly and laid-back and there's a lovely garden , with tables for alfresco eating.
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Newby Hall is a famous Adam House with a lovely garden with adventure park for children.
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Redlands Here you can relax in a pine lodge overlooking a lovely garden , or sun yourself on the semi-circular sun terrace.
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No sirens or bombs, and a lovely garden , full of flowers.
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There is a swimming pool with a sun terrace, pool bar, free deckchairs and deckchairs all set in lovely gardens .
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Dundalk station, with its lovely garden , stood at the edge of town, close to the enormous Harp Lager brewery.
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She knew every inch of its twisting rambling passageways, every tree in its old lovely garden .
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Friendly service and a lovely garden .
girl
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You're a very lovely girl .
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She was the loveliest girl that I'd ever seen in my life, and her voice was like music.
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Marilyn's a lovely girl and you're a lucky man.
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I see you've met one of our loveliest girls .
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That evening I visited the house, and met Clara, a lovely girl , obviously in love with Herbert.
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It would be far more sensible to concentrate his thoughts on the lovely girl at his side.
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We know about the lovely girls who model, they look wonderful in everything, but how about some one like Ma Larkin?
house
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And buying a lovely house of your own and sending the children to good schools.
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Then the boy; then this lovely house to come back to, and a job waiting for me.
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It's a lovely house , it's a lovely place.
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Visitors found it a lovely house , full of air and hospitality.
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A lovely house Syon, whose occupants tended the sick and brought about many a cure.
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The former school building is now converted to a lovely house .
lady
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I remember a lovely lady who attended my slimming club years ago.
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She is a lovely lady as well as a great physio, and we chatted away as she worked on my legs.
man
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Oh, he was a lovely man !
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She insisted she'd got a lovely man for me.
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He's a lovely man , and he and my son go everywhere together.
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He was a lovely man , one in a million.
place
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It's a lovely place with excellent facilities.
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And a lovely place it is, too, Jack.
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This a lovely place to get away from the pressures of everyday life under the care of the owner and his friendly staff.
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Both of them were smiling, the world a bright and lovely place .
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They had been wonderfully blessed to have had so long in this lovely place .
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You might take an unexpected turning just because it feels right, and discover a lovely place to eat.
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These damaging pests have found that your compost bin is a lovely place to hide and shelter.
time
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I went and had a lovely time .
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She took me to meet the Fellowship she helps to lead and we had a lovely time of worship together.
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We had a lovely time filming it in Yorkshire.
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He had a lovely time , you could tell by the way he twitched.
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Enclosed is a cheque for £84-00, as arranged, I trust you have all had a lovely time on holiday.
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I go out all day to college having a lovely time while you stay at home making yourself ill.
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And what a lovely time that was.
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We two were the youngest in the family and had lovely times together.
view
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Drinks are served in the dining room or on the terrace which offers lovely views across the lake.
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One provides hot foot - at a gentle pace from a cliff top site with lovely views .
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The hotel is located in the middle of the pedestrian area yet all the rooms are quiet and have lovely views .
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There are lovely views of the Inland Ionian islands through the beautifully kept garden.
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Artists and poets have never tired of its historic buildings and artisan shops, richly wooded hills and lovely views .
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From the hacienda and from the lovely view that her balcony gave of the mountains they had seemed quite close.
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Each features a balcony with lovely views .
woman
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Not hers but his and the lovely woman he lived with but had no intention of marrying - yet, that was.
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I had a girl friend who went there, a lovely woman .
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You have the privilege of having found a lovely woman , privileged and - you know this better than I do unique.
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Clicking on any category brings up a bevy of lovely women .
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How you corrupted a young and lovely woman ... and subjected her to the most shatteringly depraved treatment.
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She was lovely , and lovely women ought not to intrude into the lives of lonely men.
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She's a really lovely woman but she's not very bright about things like this.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Anna's perfume smells lovely .
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Claire was young and lovely , but rather shy.
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Don't the Schultz sisters look lovely ?
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He told his wife that evening that she had never looked lovelier.
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Her hair's a lovely shade of red.
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It was a lovely big house with a big garden out the back.
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It would be lovely to see you again.
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Old Dr Macintosh was a lovely man.
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Rita's a lovely young girl.
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Rosie's a lovely baby.
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Thank you for the lovely birthday present.
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The dress was such a lovely colour, a deep blue that really suited her.
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The garden was looking lovely .
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The hills will be lovely at this time of year.
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The staff at the hotel were lovely - so helpful and polite.
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They've got a lovely big house in the country.
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They've got three lovely kids.
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We had a lovely time at the beach.
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What a lovely baby!
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You are so lucky to live here with all this lovely countryside around you.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Billie the person was lovely and unscathed.
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From Leipzig to Dresden, with the gentle Elbe flowing between, this is a lovely state to get into.
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From Thaxted we went to a lovely old thatched pub called the Ashtree at Burton End.
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Now my lovely tomatoes are beginning to disappear.
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There are lovely views of the Inland Ionian islands through the beautifully kept garden.
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There was a lovely picture of him on telly last night peering woefully over the fence dressed in snazzy suit.