(lovelier, loveliest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you describe someone or something as lovely, you mean that they are very beautiful and therefore pleasing to look at or listen to. (mainly BRIT)
You look lovely, Marcia...
He had a lovely voice...
It was just one of those lovely old English gardens.
= beautiful
ADJ
• loveliness
You are a vision of loveliness.
= beauty
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you describe something as lovely, you mean that it gives you pleasure. (mainly BRIT mainly SPOKEN)
Mary! How lovely to see you!...
It's a lovely day...
What a lovely surprise!
= marvellous, wonderful
ADJ
3.
If you describe someone as lovely, you mean that they are friendly, kind, or generous. (mainly BRIT)
Laura is a lovely young woman...
She's a lovely child.
= delightful
ADJ