1. Beautiful and pleasing to look at or experience
   "She had a lovely smile that brightened the room"
    
2. Excellent
   "he did a lovely job";
   - bang-up [N. Amer, informal], bully [informal], corking [Brit, informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy [informal], great, groovy [informal], keen, neat, nifty [informal], not bad [informal], peachy, slap-up [informal], swell [informal], smashing [Brit, informal], old, not half bad [informal], grouse [Austral, NZ, informal], ripper [Austral, informal]
    
3. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
   "The woman gave birth to a lovely set of twins";
   - adorable, endearing
    
4. (of weather) highly enjoyable
   "what a lovely day";
   - beautiful

1. A very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
   "The actress started her career as a lovely for fashion magazines";
   - cover girl, pin-up

Derived forms: lovelier, lovelies, loveliest

See also: beautiful, good, lovable, loveable [rare], pleasant

Type of: adult female, photographer's model, woman

Encyclopedia: Lovely, Little, Lonely