- luflic
- adj amiable, loving; lovable; adv \lufliclíce kindly; willingly, gladly
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Lovelier — Lovely Love ly, a. [Compar. {Lovelier}; superl. {Loveliest}.] [AS. luflic.] 1. Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. Lovely to look on. Piers… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loveliest — Lovely Love ly, a. [Compar. {Lovelier}; superl. {Loveliest}.] [AS. luflic.] 1. Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. Lovely to look on. Piers… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lovely — Love ly, a. [Compar. {Lovelier}; superl. {Loveliest}.] [AS. luflic.] 1. Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. Lovely to look on. Piers Plowman.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lovely — lovelily, adv. loveliness, n. /luv lee/, adj., lovelier, loveliest, n., pl. lovelies, adv. adj. 1. charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower. 2. having a beauty that appeals to the heart or mind as well as to the eye, as a person or a… … Universalium
lufelic — see luflic … Old to modern English dictionary
lovely — O.E. luflic affectionate, loveable; see LOVE (Cf. love) (n.) + LY (Cf. ly) (1). The modern sense of lovable on account of beauty, attractive is from c.1300, applied indiscriminately to all pleasing material objects, from a piece of plum cake to a … Etymology dictionary
lovely — adjective (lovelier, loveliest) exquisitely beautiful. ↘very pleasant: we ve had a lovely day. noun (plural lovelies) informal a beautiful woman or girl. Derivatives lovelily adverb loveliness noun Origin OE lu … English new terms dictionary
lovely — /ˈlʌvli / (say luvlee) adjective (lovelier, loveliest) 1. charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower. 2. having a beauty that appeals to the heart as well as to the eye, as a person, a face, etc. 3. delightful, or highly pleasing: to… …
lovely — [luv′lē] adj. lovelier, loveliest [ME luvelich < OE luflic] having those qualities that inspire love, affection, or admiration; specif., a) beautiful; exquisite b) morally or spiritually attractive; gracious c) Informal highly enjoyable [a… … English World dictionary
lovely — 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.… … Useful english dictionary
