LOVELY


Meaning of LOVELY in English

adj. & n.

--adj. (lovelier, loveliest)

1. exquisitely beautiful.

2 colloq. pleasing, delightful.

--n. (pl. -ies) colloq. a pretty woman.

Phrases and idioms:

lovely and colloq. delightfully (lovely and warm).

Derivatives:

lovelily adv. loveliness n.

Etymology: OE luflic (as LOVE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.