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单词 heavenly
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Definition of heavenly in English:

heavenly

adjective ˈhɛv(ə)nliˈhɛvənli
  • 1Of heaven; divine.

    heavenly Father
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Let's listen carefully for the counsel of the Holy Spirit and train our eyes on the prize of the heavenly Jerusalem.
    • The act of being robed in white by the heavenly benefactor speaks of the divine patron bestowing honor upon them in their hour of shame.
    • Phillip Frank is now a prince in God's heavenly kingdom.
    • God's love of humanity makes the heavenly Father into a heavenly Mother.
    • Next, John is shown the heavenly court where God shares his divine throne with Jesus, who appears in the form of a slain but risen Lamb.
    • It tries to gain advantages before God and obtain righteousness through a supposedly better life with more divine occupations and more heavenly thoughts.
    • Our own churches are intended to be holy places - sanctuaries for the heavenly chorus, a place where God meets humans.
    • Immortality means belonging to the family of God, the heavenly court.
    • In such instances, the chant becomes wordless and the music begins to echo a kind of heavenly or angelic music.
    • The new covenant is linked with the new heavenly Jerusalem.
    • Some picture it as a kind of spiritual capital - like money in a bank account - whereby credit is built up as the deposit on a heavenly rebirth.
    • The members of the church today are blest with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ.
    • We who are the objects of that divine love are infinitely more treasured by our heavenly Father than we can know.
    • But it is every blessing that is spiritual in heavenly places.
    • If you do not forgive men their sins your heavenly Father will not forgive you.
    • But the Holy Spirit wants to raise our minds to our heavenly Father so that we can look at him and delight in him, just as he delights in us.
    • He knelt at the Pope's feet, took his hand, and said, ‘God bless you, heavenly father!’
    • The prayer was so heavenly and full of earnest spirituality that all gathered were affected by it.
    • Blessings are obtained from our heavenly Father through prayer.
    • Earlier views of Jesus had portrayed him as a heavenly figure who had come to reveal heavenly mysteries and to institute a new religion.
    Synonyms
    divine, holy, celestial, godlike, godly, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, blessed, blest, beatific, immortal
    literary empyrean, empyreal
    rare paradisical, paradisaical, deiform, deific
  • 2Of the heavens or sky.

    heavenly constellations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With allusions to the heavenly clutter of planets and stars, the artist gives his canvases a feeling of boundlessness.
    • Perfect motion should be in circles, so the stars and planets, being heavenly objects, moved in circles.
    Synonyms
    celestial, cosmic, stellar
    planetary
    extraterrestrial, extramundane, unearthly, other-worldly
    literary empyrean, empyreal
    rare superterrestrial
  • 3informal Very pleasing; wonderful.

    their shampoos smell heavenly
    it was a heavenly morning for a ride
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are certainly heavenly smells that remind me how much I love and miss California.
    • ‘Hmmm,’ said Sophie when we entered the heavenly portals of the pleasuredome.
    • A fireside chat in the wee hours of the morning attains a heavenly composure, the dramatic ethereal lighting making this their crucial scene.
    • I was about to give up when I spotted the most beautiful, perfect, heavenly, off white, romantic fairy-fantasy skirt at the far end of the floor.
    • Thus, the Youth Daily proclaimed, ‘The draw of the Super Girls leaves the heavenly kings of pop in their dust.’
    • A new brand has appeared, and this morning I had a scallop dish that was truly heavenly.
    • Jason Pierce oversaw the compilation of tracks here, and it serves as a timely reminder of the heavenly wonder of one of Britain's foremost musical talents.
    • The flowers direct the eye upward past a small, brooding view of Toledo - at which point the picture seems to burst into an exultant heavenly space.
    • To be clement is to be lenient and compassionate, or, in the case of weather, perfectly heavenly.
    • They run out quickly of these heavenly delights, so get there early.
    • It was like the world disappeared, and we were spinning in a void of perfect, heavenly intimacy and pleasure.
    • Paradise is easier for Sally to work with because Ruskin had already recognised it in a lush green flat space with heavenly views over Coniston and hills.
    • Indeed, it was a heavenly delight to hear his sublimely pure ethical doctrine delivered with such powerful philosophic eloquence from the lips of its very creator.
    • I had one this morning at one of our local spas and it was heavenly.
    • Together we shall traverse this heavenly path to excellence.
    • Shopping is a mundane necessity for most of us, but for some, it is a heavenly delight that just can't be beaten by any other vice.
    • Everything seemed heavenly that morning, even washing the dishes, for Emlyn was filled with the euphoria of being on the road for the first time.
    Synonyms
    delightful, wonderful, marvellous, glorious, perfect, excellent, ideal, superb, sublime, idyllic, first-class, first-rate
    blissful, pleasurable, enjoyable, gratifying, rapturous
    exquisite, beautiful, lovely, gorgeous, sensational, enchanting, entrancing, ravishing, alluring
    informal divine, super, great, fantastic, fabulous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, smashing, terrific, wicked, out of this world
    British informal brilliant, brill, bosting

Derivatives

  • heavenliness

  • noun ˈhɛv(ə)nlɪnəsˈhɛv(ə)nlinəs
    • He wants riches: heavenliness, efficacy, majesty.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An expression of love, it is usually regard as an expression so great that it could place the recipient into a state of complete heavenliness and bliss.

Origin

Old English heofonlic (see heaven, -ly1).

 
 

Definition of heavenly in US English:

heavenly

adjectiveˈhevənlēˈhɛvənli
  • 1Of heaven; divine.

    heavenly Father
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Let's listen carefully for the counsel of the Holy Spirit and train our eyes on the prize of the heavenly Jerusalem.
    • God's love of humanity makes the heavenly Father into a heavenly Mother.
    • Our own churches are intended to be holy places - sanctuaries for the heavenly chorus, a place where God meets humans.
    • The new covenant is linked with the new heavenly Jerusalem.
    • Blessings are obtained from our heavenly Father through prayer.
    • Next, John is shown the heavenly court where God shares his divine throne with Jesus, who appears in the form of a slain but risen Lamb.
    • But it is every blessing that is spiritual in heavenly places.
    • He knelt at the Pope's feet, took his hand, and said, ‘God bless you, heavenly father!’
    • Earlier views of Jesus had portrayed him as a heavenly figure who had come to reveal heavenly mysteries and to institute a new religion.
    • The act of being robed in white by the heavenly benefactor speaks of the divine patron bestowing honor upon them in their hour of shame.
    • Immortality means belonging to the family of God, the heavenly court.
    • But the Holy Spirit wants to raise our minds to our heavenly Father so that we can look at him and delight in him, just as he delights in us.
    • Some picture it as a kind of spiritual capital - like money in a bank account - whereby credit is built up as the deposit on a heavenly rebirth.
    • In such instances, the chant becomes wordless and the music begins to echo a kind of heavenly or angelic music.
    • The prayer was so heavenly and full of earnest spirituality that all gathered were affected by it.
    • The members of the church today are blest with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ.
    • If you do not forgive men their sins your heavenly Father will not forgive you.
    • We who are the objects of that divine love are infinitely more treasured by our heavenly Father than we can know.
    • Phillip Frank is now a prince in God's heavenly kingdom.
    • It tries to gain advantages before God and obtain righteousness through a supposedly better life with more divine occupations and more heavenly thoughts.
    Synonyms
    divine, holy, celestial, godlike, godly, angelic, seraphic, cherubic, blessed, blest, beatific, immortal
  • 2Of the heavens or sky.

    heavenly constellations
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Perfect motion should be in circles, so the stars and planets, being heavenly objects, moved in circles.
    • With allusions to the heavenly clutter of planets and stars, the artist gives his canvases a feeling of boundlessness.
    Synonyms
    celestial, cosmic, stellar
  • 3informal Very pleasing; wonderful.

    their shampoos smell heavenly
    it was a heavenly morning for a ride
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I was about to give up when I spotted the most beautiful, perfect, heavenly, off white, romantic fairy-fantasy skirt at the far end of the floor.
    • Jason Pierce oversaw the compilation of tracks here, and it serves as a timely reminder of the heavenly wonder of one of Britain's foremost musical talents.
    • It was like the world disappeared, and we were spinning in a void of perfect, heavenly intimacy and pleasure.
    • There are certainly heavenly smells that remind me how much I love and miss California.
    • I had one this morning at one of our local spas and it was heavenly.
    • Everything seemed heavenly that morning, even washing the dishes, for Emlyn was filled with the euphoria of being on the road for the first time.
    • Thus, the Youth Daily proclaimed, ‘The draw of the Super Girls leaves the heavenly kings of pop in their dust.’
    • They run out quickly of these heavenly delights, so get there early.
    • Paradise is easier for Sally to work with because Ruskin had already recognised it in a lush green flat space with heavenly views over Coniston and hills.
    • The flowers direct the eye upward past a small, brooding view of Toledo - at which point the picture seems to burst into an exultant heavenly space.
    • ‘Hmmm,’ said Sophie when we entered the heavenly portals of the pleasuredome.
    • To be clement is to be lenient and compassionate, or, in the case of weather, perfectly heavenly.
    • Indeed, it was a heavenly delight to hear his sublimely pure ethical doctrine delivered with such powerful philosophic eloquence from the lips of its very creator.
    • Shopping is a mundane necessity for most of us, but for some, it is a heavenly delight that just can't be beaten by any other vice.
    • Together we shall traverse this heavenly path to excellence.
    • A fireside chat in the wee hours of the morning attains a heavenly composure, the dramatic ethereal lighting making this their crucial scene.
    • A new brand has appeared, and this morning I had a scallop dish that was truly heavenly.
    Synonyms
    delightful, wonderful, marvellous, glorious, perfect, excellent, ideal, superb, sublime, idyllic, first-class, first-rate

Origin

Old English heofonlic (see heaven, -ly).

 
 
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