"lovelily" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈlʌvlɪli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlʌvləli/ [General-American] Forms: more lovelily [comparative], most lovelily [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English lovelily, lovelyly (“in a friendly manner, graciously, kindly; beautifully; in a seemly manner, with decorum (?)”) [and other forms], from loveli, lovely (“affectionate, friendly, kind; admirable, excellent; amorous; beautiful, lovely; lovable; proper, seemly (?)”, adjective) (from Old English luflīċ (“amiable, dear, likable, pleasant, lovely; worthy of love, lovable”), from Proto-Germanic *leubalīkaz (“lovely”), from *leubaz (“beloved, dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to admire; to covet, desire, want; to love; to praise”)) + -li (suffix forming adverbs). The English word is analysable as lovely + -ly (suffix forming adverbs). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewbʰ-|*leyg-|id=love|id2=like}}, {{inh|en|enm|lovelily}} Middle English lovelily, {{m|enm|lovelyly|t=in a friendly manner, graciously, kindly; beautifully; in a seemly manner, with decorum (?)}} lovelyly (“in a friendly manner, graciously, kindly; beautifully; in a seemly manner, with decorum (?)”), {{nb...|louelely, louelily, louelyly, loveleli, luflyly, luuelili, luvelili|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{m|enm|loveli}} loveli, {{m|enm|lovely|pos=adjective|t=affectionate, friendly, kind; admirable, excellent; amorous; beautiful, lovely; lovable; proper, seemly (?)}} lovely (“affectionate, friendly, kind; admirable, excellent; amorous; beautiful, lovely; lovable; proper, seemly (?)”, adjective), {{inh|en|ang|luflīċ|t=amiable, dear, likable, pleasant, lovely; worthy of love, lovable}} Old English luflīċ (“amiable, dear, likable, pleasant, lovely; worthy of love, lovable”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*leubalīkaz|t=lovely}} Proto-Germanic *leubalīkaz (“lovely”), {{m|gem-pro|*leubaz|t=beloved, dear}} *leubaz (“beloved, dear”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*lewbʰ-|t=to admire; to covet, desire, want; to love; to praise}} Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to admire; to covet, desire, want; to love; to praise”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adverb}} adverb, {{m|enm|-li|pos=suffix forming adverbs}} -li (suffix forming adverbs), {{suffix|en|lovely|ly|id2=adverbial|pos2=suffix forming adverbs}} lovely + -ly (suffix forming adverbs) Head templates: {{en-adv}} lovelily (comparative more lovelily, superlative most lovelily)
  1. In a lovely way.
    In a manner to excite or inspire admiration or love; admirably, beautifully, wonderfully.
    Sense id: en-lovelily-en-adv-bRyd1SR7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 61 39
  2. In a lovely way.
    (obsolete) In a friendly or pleasant manner; amiably, kindly, pleasantly.
    Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lovelily-en-adv-vyIUH-Po
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lovably, lovingly

Adverb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} lovelily
  1. Alternative form of lovelyly Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lovelyly
    Sense id: en-lovelily-enm-adv-SWtJY5Af Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for lovelily meaning in All languages combined (5.4kB)

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