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▪ I. lovely, a.|ˈlʌvlɪ|
Forms: see love n.1 and -ly1.
[OE. luflic, f. lufu love n.1 + -lic -ly1.]
†1.
a. Loving, kind, affectionate. Obs.
c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 190 Mona se twelfta on eallum weorcum nytlic ys..cild acenned god luflic. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 5 For þanne beð no man siker ar he ihere þat lufliche word of ure louerd ihesu cristes swete muðe Cumeð ȝe ibletsede. a1225Ancr. R. 428 Swuch ouh wummone lore to beon—luuelich & liðe. a1300K. Horn 484 Seie ich him biseche Wiþ loueliche speche Þat he adun falle Bifore þe king. a1300Cursor M. 13260 He sermund wit his loueli spek, And heild mani þat war seke. c1374Chaucer Anel. & Arc. 142 For sheo to him so lovely was and trewe. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 565 And welcomed hem with louely chere. 1533–9T. St. Aubyn in Lisle Papers XIII. 96 (MS.) With much hearty and lovely recommendations. 1602Narcissus (1893) 129 Wee are..the kings owne lovely subiects.
†b. Amorous. Obs.
1470–85Malory Arthur vii. xxi. 246 And they had goodely langage & louely countenaunce to gyder. 1556Aurelio & Isab. (1608) A ij, Whatsoever man that was unto the lovely passions disposed, soudenly..burned for her. 1587M. Grove Pelops & Hipp. (1878) 74 The letter of a friend of a wounded Louer,..to disswade him from this louelie follie. 1592Lyly Midas iii. iii, Amerula, another tale or none, this is too louely. Sua. Nay let me heare anie woman tell a tale of x lines long without it tend to love, and I will [etc.]. 1599Shakes. etc. Pass. Pilgr. iv, Sweet Cytherea..Did court the Lad with many a louely looke.
†c. Friendly, amicable. Obs. (? Sc.)
1409in Exch. Rolls Scotl. IV. ccx, [Thai] sal nocht tak that caus furth bot in lufely manere as the lach will. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Scot. (1655) 12 After lovely advice at the Council-Table..he was freely dismist.
2. Lovable; worthy of love; suited to attract love. Obs. exc. with etymological allusion.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Spelman) lxxxiii. 1 Hu luflice [Vulg. quam dilecta] ᵹeteld ðin. 1375Barbour Bruce i. 389 Quhen he wes blyth, he was lufly. c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. lv. 131 Louely fader, it is worþy þat þis houre þi seruaunt suffre somwhat for þe. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 1443 But, moost louely father I pray you hertfully Take no dysplesure. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1590) 66 Being beloued in all companies for his louely qualities. 1638Junius Paint. Ancients 192, I am almost loth to say it, (sayth Quintilian) because it may be mistaken that shamefastnesse is a vice, but a lovely one. 1748G. White Serm. (MS.), Though God be..more lovely than Man, yet 'tis more natural and easy..for us in our present state to love men than God. 1812Landor Ct. Julian i. iii, What we love Is loveliest in departure! 1846Ruskin Mod. Paint. II. iii. ii. v. §12 If his mind be..sweetly toned, what he loves will be lovely.
3. Lovable or attractive on account of beauty; beautiful. Now with emotional sense, as a strong expression of admiring or delighted feeling: Exquisitely beautiful.
a. with reference to beauty of person.
a1300Cursor M. 16635 Þai spitted on his luueli face. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 52 Þe louelokkest ladies þat euer lif haden. 1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 690 Be he never swa stalworth and wyght, And comly of shap, lufly and fayre. c1420Anturs of Arth. 162 My lyre als the lely, lufely to syghte. 1590Marlowe 2nd Pt. Tamburl. i. iii, This lovely boy, the youngest of the three. Ibid., Well, lovely boys, ye shall be emperors both. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. Induct. i. 67 Til the teares..Like enuious flouds ore-run her louely face. 1720Mrs. Manley Power of Love (1741) I. 22 The Brother was not only more lovely than the Sister, but handsome beyond all Things. 1722B. Star tr. Mlle. de St. Phale vii. 220, I never saw two lovelier Gentlemen in my Life, nor so beautiful a Virgin. 1751–2Fielding Covent Gard. Jrnl. No. 37 Wks. 1784 X. 72 The ladies..covered their lovely necks. 1801Coleridge Christabel ii. 507 He bids thee come with⁓out delay..And take thy lovely daughter home. 1898F. Montgomery Tony 14 What a lovely face!
absol. or n. Now usu. a woman or girl of glamorous loveliness, esp. one who takes part in an entertainment or ‘show’. Also transf.
c1420Anturs of Arth. 397 Withe a launce one loft þat louely cone lede; A freke one a fresone him folowed, in fay. c1470Golagros & Gaw. 1003 Thai luschit and laid on, thai luflyis of lyre. 1652Benlowes Theoph. To my Fancy, Should one Love knot all lovelies tie. 1753Hogarth Anal. Beauty xi. 81 Tho' the lovely seems likewise to have been as much the sculptor's aim. 1786Cowper Let. to Unwin 3 July, Wks. 1836 V. 342 Our love is with all your lovelies, both great and small. 1859E. FitzGerald tr. Omar xxi. (1899) 76 The loveliest and best That Time and Fate of all their Vintage prest. 1933[see frippet]. 1938Auden & Isherwood On Frontier iii. ii. 108 It [sc. the working class] prefers our larger and livelier organs of enlightenment, which can afford snappier sports news,..and bigger photographs of bathing lovelies. 1940H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood ii. i. 143 Not for many years have I had that hungry craving for everything, give and receive, from another human being. I can't imagine the man. What a marvel, what a lovely he'd have to be! 1957J. Braine Room at Top xvi. 150, I was taking Susan not as Susan, but as a Grade A. lovely, as the daughter of a factory-owner. 1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iii. 63 One of the girls, a long-waisted, brown-haired lovely in a black knit leotard. 1967Stage 2 Mar. 7/1 The six lovelies comprising Marie de Vere's Ballet Montparnasse. 1974Times 22 Jan. 11 Gone are the remorseless parade of whey-faced classic lovelies, each indistinguishable from the other.
b. said of inanimate things.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 692 As quo says lo ȝon louely yle, Þou may hit wynne if þou be wyȝte. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 4193 Day is dawed and is day, It was a louely morn. c1400Destr. Troy 1541 Was neuer sython vnder son Cite so large,..Non so luffly on to loke in any lond oute. c1403Cuckow & Night. 72 They coude that servyce al by rote; Ther was many a lovely straunge note. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xix. 33 Nane may..in to þat lufly bour Mak residens. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 79 See how mischiefe appeares in a louely and vndistempered Scene. Ibid. 214 Corall, white and louely. 1708Burnet Lett. (ed. 3) 193 Crusted with inlayings of lovely Marble, in a great Variety. 1866M. Arnold Thyrsis iii, And that sweet city with her dreaming spires..Lovely all times she lies, lovely tonight. 1884Queen Victoria More Leaves 123 We came upon Loch Ard, and a lovelier picture could not be seen.
c. with reference to moral or spiritual beauty. (See also sense 2.)
1805Southey Lett. (1856) I. 315 The life and death of that man were equally lovely. a1851Mrs. Sherwood Poor Burruff 15, I hope that all the little boys who read this, may learn thereby how lovely it is to be kind to dumb creatures. 1861J. Edmond Childr. Ch. at Home iii. 50 Make us like the lovely child Jesus.
4. Used as a term expressive of enthusiastic laudation: Delightful, highly excellent. colloq.
1614Markham Cheap. Husb. (1623) 121 [The Swine] though he is counted good in no place but the dish onely, yet there he is so louely and so wholesome, that all other faults may be borne with. 1653Walton Angler iii. 73 Come lets to supper. Come my friend Coridon, this Trout looks lovely. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. iv. §21 (1689) 53 Tis a lovely Bait for Winter, and Spring. 1860C. Patmore Faithful for ever iii. i. 171 Dear Fred wrote, Directly, such a lovely note. 1872Geo. Eliot in Cross Life III. 164 Mr. Lewes had ‘a lovely time’ at Weybridge.
▪ II. † ˈlovely, adv. Obs.
Forms: see love n.1 and -ly2.
[OE. luflíce, f. lufu love n.1 + -líce -ly2.]
1. Lovingly, affectionately.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. Pref. 3 ælfred kyning hateð gretan Wærferð biscep his wordum luflice & freond⁓lice. c1175Lamb. Hom. 17 Bide hine luueliche þet he þe do riht. c1205Lay. 7892 He..þus spec wið his folke & luueliche spilede. c1220Bestiary 381 in O.E. Misc. 12 Ðus is ure louerdes laȝe luuelike to fillen. c1350Will. Palerne 975 William was gretliche glad & loueliche hir þonked. a1400Pistill of Susan 237 Loueliche heo louted, and lacched her leue At kynred and cosyn þat heo hed euere iknawen. 1503Hawes Examp. Virt. xii. 23 Dame Clennes loked vpon me louely. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. iii. 49 Instead of strokes, each other kissed glad, And lovely haulst, from feare of treason free.
b. Willingly, with joy.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xi. (Schipper) 406 Þæt he luflice swa dyde. c1175Lamb. Hom. 133 Euric mon þe lusteð luueliche godes wordes and ladeð his lif rihtliche þer efter he scal habben eche lif. a1300Cursor M. 9106 Al he tok in godds nam, And thold luueli al þat scam.
2. Lovably, beautifully.
a1400–50Alexander 426 A lyons heuyd was on-loft louely coruyn. c1430Freemasonry 706 Al the whyle thou spekest with hym, Fayre and lovelyche bere up thy chyn. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iii. i. 125 Where, being but young, I framed to the Harpe Many an English Dittie, louely well. 1604― Oth. iv. ii. 64 Oh thou weed: Who art so louely faire, and smell'st so sweete. 1708J. Philips Cyder ii. 344 The defecated liquor..Spouts into subject vessels, lovely clear. 1811W. R. Spencer Poems 191 Lovelier beams the noon-day splendour. |