[love.ly] adj love.li.er ; -est (bef. 12c) 1 obs: lovable
2: delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace: attractive
3: grand, swell
4: eliciting love by moral or ideal worth syn see beautiful -- love.li.ly adv -- love.li.ness n -- lovely adv
[2]lovely n, pl lovelies (1652) 1: a beautiful woman
2: a lovely object