loverly

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adjective

Characteristic of lovers.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

loverly1

adjectiveloverly (comparative more loverly, superlative most loverly)

comparative more loverly · superlative most loverly

  1. Characteristic of lovers.
    1 more example

    Oftentimes Angelo would spend an hour with them in the lowly parlor of the quiet, whitewashed house. It had been his custom to do so often while the mother was at home; and even after distractions came upon his mind, and wrestled with him as an armed man, he did not forget these pastoral, or rather brotherly, or, perhaps still more to the point, these loverly visits.

    1853, Caroline Chesebro, The Children of Light: A Theme for the Time, page 314

loverly2

adjectiveloverly (comparative more loverly, superlative most loverly)

comparative more loverly · superlative most loverly

  1. UKnonstandardpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of lovely.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelike or in the manner of a lover

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

loverly · adjective

Possibly from My Fair Lady.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loverly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loverly.

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