"loveliness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlʌvlinəs/ Audio: en-us-loveliness.ogg Forms: lovelinesses [plural]
enPR: lŭv′lēnəs Etymology: From Middle English luflynes; equivalent to lovely + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|luflynes}} Middle English luflynes, {{suffix|en|lovely|ness}} lovely + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} loveliness (countable and uncountable, plural lovelinesses)
  1. (uncountable) The property of being lovely, of attractiveness, beauty, appearing to be lovable. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-loveliness-en-noun-V5sxnWhm Disambiguation of Appearance: 46 50 3
  2. (countable) The result of being lovely. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-loveliness-en-noun-sP4hbE10 Disambiguation of Appearance: 46 50 3
  3. (zoology, collective) A group of ladybirds. Tags: collective, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-loveliness-en-noun-488--r-p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ness, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Tamil translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 13 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 17 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 8 16 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 14 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 21 61 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 20 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 23 27 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 19 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 14 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 19 23 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 4 6 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 23 27 50 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (property of being lovely): красота (krasota) [feminine] (Bulgarian), прелест (prelest) [feminine] (Bulgarian), beauté [feminine] (French), charme [masculine] (French), חן [masculine] (Hebrew), kedvesség (Hungarian), amenità [feminine] (Italian), mīlīgums [masculine] (Latvian), mīlība [feminine] (Latvian), Scheenheit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), அழகு (aḻaku) (Tamil)
Disambiguation of 'property of being lovely': 52 48 0

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2018, Natalie Rompella, The World Never Sleeps, Tilbury House, p18",
          "text": "A loveliness of ladybugs is enjoying lunch - little aphids that pepper a crop of soybeans."
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