loveliness
/ˈlʌvlɪnəs
/noun [mass noun]
1The quality of being very beautiful or attractive: I was enthralled with the sheer loveliness of the setting she was a vision of loveliness...
- He took a step back, overtaken for a moment by her loveliness.
- His soul was not particularly beautiful, in no way measuring up to the physical loveliness of his eyes.
- Each case held a gem or jewelry of varying loveliness.
2 [count noun] rare A group of ladybirds: a loveliness of ladybirds is living in my window pane...
- It put me in mind of opening the bedroom window recently to discover an equally astonishing loveliness of more than 100 ladybirds crammed into the outer frame casing.
- There's a loveliness of ladybirds in the walled garden at the moment.
- If you feel your garden lacks natural balance, or you are just the panicky type, invest in a loveliness of ladybirds.
- the gaiety of nations
- the Galaxy
- the Gambia
- the game is up
- the game's not worth the candle
- the garden of England
- the Garter
- the General Strike
- the gents
- the genuine article
- the ghost in the machine
- the gift of the gab
- the gift of tongues
- the glass is half-full (or half-empty)
- the gloves are off (or with the gloves off or take the gloves off)
- thegn
- the Goat
- the Godhead
- the Good Book
- the Good Shepherd
- the gory details
- the Graces
- the Grail
- the Grampians
- the Grand Manner