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Definition of Lovelily
1. adv. In manner to excite love; amiably.
Definition of Lovelily
1. Adverb. In a lovely way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lovelily
1. in a lovely manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lovelily
Literary usage of Lovelily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Desk-book of Errors in English, Including Notes on Colloquialisms and by Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"Compare LUCE. lovelily : To the general exclusion of this word, lovely is now
made to do duty both as adverb and adjective. ..."
2. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"Amable, a. Amiable, pleasing, lovely, loveable, lovesome. Amablemente, ad.
Amiably, lovely, lovelily. ..."
3. Representative English Dramas from Dryden to Sheridan by Frederick Tupper, James Waddell Tupper (1914)
"How lovelily the Adriatic whore, Dressed in her flames, will shine! devouring flames!
Such as shall burn her to the watery bottom And hiss in her foundation ..."
4. The Metropolitan (1849)
"She had just returned from a long walk; her cheeks were flushed; her long silken
hair, almost out of curl, and lovelily disarranged, fell over her face and ..."
5. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"Come to niy breast, for by its hopes thoa look'л lovelily dreadful, and the fate
of Venice Seems on thy ... How lovelily the Adriatic whore, Dress'd in her ..."
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