'Loveliest' definitions:

Definition of 'Loveliest'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely. --Robert of Brunne. [1913 Webster]
  • If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship. [1913 Webster]
  • A most lovely gentlemanlike man. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] "A lovely kiss." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Many a lovely look on them he cast. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody. [1913 Webster]
  • Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns. --Tennyson.
  • Syn: Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable. [1913 Webster]