"lovely" meaning in Middle English

See lovely in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈluv(ə)liː/, /ˈluv(ə)lit͡ʃ/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English luflīċ; equivalent to loven (“to love”) + -ly (adjectival suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|adjective}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|luflīċ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English luflīċ, {{inh+|enm|ang|luflīċ}} Inherited from Old English luflīċ, {{af|enm|loven|-ly|id1=to love|id2=adjectival|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=to love}} loven (“to love”) + -ly (adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{sup2}}}|f3l=|f5l=|head=}} lovely, {{enm-adj}} lovely Forms: lofly [alternative], loveli [alternative], lovelich [alternative], loveliche [alternative], lovelie [alternative], lovelyche [alternative], lovly [alternative], lufely [alternative], luffly [alternative], lufli [alternative], lufly [alternative], luflych [alternative], luflich [alternative, Early-Middle-English], luvelich [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
  1. Friendly, affectionate, loving (providing love) Synonyms: lovable, lovesom
    Sense id: en-lovely-enm-adj-uDseKXSg Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Love Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 39 29 32 Disambiguation of Love: 16 0 6 0 18 14 14 16 15
  2. Lustful, passionate; romantically or sexually charged.
    Sense id: en-lovely-enm-adj-RF-D0H8V Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Sex Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 39 29 32 Disambiguation of Sex: 0 53 0 0 0 0 47 0 0
  3. Lovely, attractive, pleasing. Synonyms: lovesom
    Sense id: en-lovely-enm-adj-nCorxXek Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Appearance Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 39 29 32 Disambiguation of Appearance: 6 0 80 0 3 0 0 0 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lovelyly, luflynes, unlovely
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|var=1}} lovely
  1. alternative form of lofly Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lofly
    Sense id: en-lovely-enm-adj-A0ytToCw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Adverb

IPA: /ˈluv(ə)liː/, /ˈluv(ə)lit͡ʃ(ə)/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English luflīċe; equivalent to loven (“to love”) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|adverb}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|luflīċe|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English luflīċe, {{inh+|enm|ang|luflīċe}} Inherited from Old English luflīċe, {{af|enm|loven|-ly|id1=to love|id2=adverbial|pos2=adverbial suffix|t1=to love}} loven (“to love”) + -ly (adverbial suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=|var=}} lovely, {{enm-adv}} lovely Forms: loffely [alternative], loveli [alternative], loveliche [alternative], lovelych [alternative], lovelyche [alternative], lovelye [alternative], lufly [alternative], luflych [alternative], luveli [alternative], luveliche [alternative, Early-Middle-English], luve-like [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
  1. Nicely, affectionately, lovingly (in a loving way) Synonyms: lovelyly
    Sense id: en-lovely-enm-adv-nUCx02Ho Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Emotions, Human behaviour, Love Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 3 2 13 3 2 1 2 0 5 5 5 0 12 12 12 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 1 8 2 1 1 1 0 3 6 3 0 13 16 16 10 17 Disambiguation of Emotions: 3 5 2 0 17 19 18 16 20 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 4 4 6 0 17 17 17 16 18 Disambiguation of Love: 16 0 6 0 18 14 14 16 15
  2. Eagerly, fondly, enthusiastically; with great passion.
    Sense id: en-lovely-enm-adv-rJKRxqLh Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Emotions, Human behaviour, Love Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 12 2 2 3 4 0 4 5 4 0 9 11 11 7 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 3 2 13 3 2 1 2 0 5 5 5 0 12 12 12 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 1 8 2 1 1 1 0 3 6 3 0 13 16 16 10 17 Disambiguation of Emotions: 3 5 2 0 17 19 18 16 20 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 4 4 6 0 17 17 17 16 18 Disambiguation of Love: 16 0 6 0 18 14 14 16 15
  3. Lustfully, passionately; in a romantically or sexually charged way.
    Sense id: en-lovely-enm-adv-fzDVRLMj Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Emotions, Human behaviour, Love, Sex Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 12 2 2 3 4 0 4 5 4 0 9 11 11 7 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 3 2 13 3 2 1 2 0 5 5 5 0 12 12 12 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 1 8 2 1 1 1 0 3 6 3 0 13 16 16 10 17 Disambiguation of Emotions: 3 5 2 0 17 19 18 16 20 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 4 4 6 0 17 17 17 16 18 Disambiguation of Love: 16 0 6 0 18 14 14 16 15 Disambiguation of Sex: 0 53 0 0 0 0 47 0 0
  4. Wonderfully, marvelously, amazingly.
    Sense id: en-lovely-enm-adv-tFShC3jN Categories (other): Pages with entries, Emotions, Human behaviour, Love Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 1 8 2 1 1 1 0 3 6 3 0 13 16 16 10 17 Disambiguation of Emotions: 3 5 2 0 17 19 18 16 20 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 4 4 6 0 17 17 17 16 18 Disambiguation of Love: 16 0 6 0 18 14 14 16 15
  5. (rare) Courteously; in a well-mannered way. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-lovely-enm-adv-Hdtur4SX Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Emotions, Human behaviour, Love, Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 12 2 2 3 4 0 4 5 4 0 9 11 11 7 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 3 2 13 3 2 1 2 0 5 5 5 0 12 12 12 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 1 8 2 1 1 1 0 3 6 3 0 13 16 16 10 17 Disambiguation of Emotions: 3 5 2 0 17 19 18 16 20 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 4 4 6 0 17 17 17 16 18 Disambiguation of Love: 16 0 6 0 18 14 14 16 15 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 17 20 20 18 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.