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# lovely

«lovely» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very nice, pleasant or beautiful** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (lovely, lovelier, loveliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very nice, pleasant or beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#m1)

2) Kind and friendly: «she's a lovely person». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#m2)

3) (UK, informal) Used to say thank you or «great»: «Lovely, thanks!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people say «lovely» to praise food, weather, places and people; very common in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ. In stories it describes beautiful things. Manners: «That's lovely, thank you» is a polite reply. Phrases: «lovely to see you», «a lovely day», «lovely and warm».

### examples

- What a lovely day for a picnic! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#x1)
- Thank you for the lovely present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#x2)
- Our new neighbour is a lovely lady. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#x3)
- The bath was lovely and warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#x4)
- «Here's your tea.» «Lovely, thanks!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#x5)
- It was lovely to see Grandma again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#x6)
- The garden looks lovely in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#x7)
- Mignon grew more lovely every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/#x8)

### note

It ends in «-ly» but it is an adjective, not an adverb: «a lovely song». You cannot say «she sings lovely»; say «she sings beautifully». Comparatives: lovelier, loveliest.

### In the corpora

- [And sometimes the gossip is lovely, like a big kind tip for a waitress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/8/)
- [A "new friend" who seems lovely and asks for photos is showing a big warning sign, whoever or whatever is typing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/1/)
- [Slang: «lush» (Wales) means lovely; «mid» means average.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/30/)
- [A campfire is lovely but it is real fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/0/)
- [On the walk home Chloe's friend Bella is lovely: shares her sweets, asks about Chloe's nan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/468-nice-alone-mean-in-a-group/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lovely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.