資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lovely \Love"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lovelier}; superl. {Loveliest}.]
   [AS. luflic.]
   1. Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to
      excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form,
      looks, tone, or manner. ``Lovely to look on.'' --Piers
      Plowman.

            Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely.
                                                  --Robert of
                                                  Brunne.

            If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as
            lovely as is this of hers.            --Shak.

   2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which
      excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.

            A most lovely gentlemanlike man.      --Shak.

   3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] ``A lovely kiss.'' --Shak.

            Many a lovely look on them he cast.   --Chaucer.

   4. Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which
      is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely
      valley; a lovely melody.

            Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the
            Elysian lawns.                        --Tennyson.

   Syn: Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting;
        lovable; amiable.

資料來源 : WordNet®

lovely
     adj 1: appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
     2: lovable especially in a childlike or naive way [syn: {adorable},
         {endearing}]
     n : a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model [syn:
          {cover girl}, {pin-up}]
     [also: {loveliest}, {lovelier}]

lovelier
     See {lovely}