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heavenly

UK/ˈhɛvənli/

heavenly adjective: of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.

Adjective (1)

heavenly (comparative heavenlier or more heavenly, superlative heavenliest or most heavenly)

  1. Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
    • Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, kicking and screaming.
  2. Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
    • The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun.
    Synonyms:
    celestial
  3. (figuratively) Strongly or sublimely good, beautiful, or pleasurable.
    • Oh, that's absolutely heavenly. Gimme some more.
    • No doubt, you have all personally considered — no doubt, you have all personally experienced, that of all the blessings which it has pleased Providence to allow us to cultivate, there is not one which breathes a purer fragrance, or bears an heavenlier aspect than education.1817, Charles Phillips (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O′Mullan v. M′Korkill, The Speeches of Charles Phillips, page 131

Adverb

heavenly (comparative more heavenly, superlative most heavenly)

  1. In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
    • by night [she] saw that God in her armes, saying moreover unto her, that the next day, the first man she met withall, should heavenly pay her her wages.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
    • Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.2003, Ruben Soto, Fiesta for the Hispanic Soul, page 136

Proper noun capitalized: Heavenly

Heavenly

  1. A female given name.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Heavenly

Heavenly (comparative more Heavenly, superlative most Heavenly)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of heavenly.
    • Nothing stands between you and her, except God of course and a Heavenly host with flaming swords.1990, Reynolds Price, The Tongues of Angels, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, page 9
    • As we learn his story (viewing from a Heavenly perspective along with his nominated second-class guardian angel, Clarence), we see that from the time he was a child he wanted to escape from small-town insularity, to shake the dust of the “crummy little town” off his feet.1995 winter, Lorraine Mortimer, “The Grim Enchantment of It’s a Wonderful Life”, in The Massachusetts Review, volume 36, number 4

heavenly meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

heavenly in Hindi

of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
दिव्य divya, दैवीय daivīya, अलौकिक alaukik, स्वर्गीय svargīya
extremely beautiful or pleasurable
अलौकिक alaukik

heavenly in Marathi

स्वर्गीय

heavenly in Urdu

آسمانی

heavenly in Bengali

of or related to the celestial abode of God or the gods
জান্নাতী jannati
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heavenly in Telugu
స్వర్గస్థుడు
heavenly in Malayalam
സ്വർഗ്ഗസ്ഥൻ, സ്വർഗ്ഗീയ
heavenly in Kannada
ಸ್ವರ್ಗಸ್ಥ, ಸ್ವರ್ಗೀಯ
heavenly in Punjabi
ਅਸਮਾਨੀ asamānī
heavenly in Gujarati
સ્વર્ગીય, સ્વર્ગસ્થ
heavenly in Odia
ସ୍ୱର୍ଗୀଯ଼, ସ୍ବର୍ଗୀଯ଼
heavenly in Sanskrit
दिव्य divya
heavenly in Nepali
स्वर्गीय
heavenly in Tagalog
makalangit
heavenly in Arabic
سَمَاوِيّ samāwiyy
heavenly in Malay
syurga, samawi
heavenly in Vietnamese
thiên đường, tuyệt trần

Examples of heavenly in a sentence

  • Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.
  • The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body.
  • This toast and marmalade tastes heavenly.

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Synonyms of heavenly

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Antonyms

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Forms of heavenly

Adjective
comparativeheavenlier
comparativemore heavenly
superlativeheavenliest
superlativemost heavenly
alternative formHeavenly
comparativemore Heavenly
superlativemost Heavenly
Adverb
comparativemore heavenly
superlativemost heavenly

Origin of heavenly

From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”).

See heavenly. Equivalent to Heaven + -ly.

Words formed from heavenly

Phrases with heavenly

Questions about heavenly

What does heavenly mean?
Heavenly means of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
What is heavenly in Hindi?
Heavenly in Hindi is दिव्य (divya), दैवीय (daivīya), अलौकिक (alaukik). See Heavenly meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is heavenly?
Heavenly can be an adjective, an adverb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce heavenly?
Heavenly is pronounced /ˈhɛvənli/ (UK).

Words near heavenly in the dictionary

  1. heavenliest
  2. heavenlike
  3. heavenlily
  4. heavenliness
  5. heavenlinesses
  6. heavenly
  7. heavenly bamboo
  8. heavenly bamboos
  9. heavenly birthday
  10. heavenly birthdays
  11. heavenly bodies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heavenly (page history and authors); Heavenly (page history and authors); heavenly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heavenly (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heavenly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heavenly (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heavenly (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heavenly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heavenly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heavenly (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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