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lovelinesses

lovelinesses is the plural of loveliness.

Meaning of loveliness

Noun

loveliness (countable and uncountable, plural lovelinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being lovely, of attractiveness, beauty, appearing to be lovable.
    • A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: / Its loveliness increases; it will never / Pass into nothingness; but still will keep / A bower quiet for us, and a sleep / Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 3, lines 1–5
  2. (countable) The result of being lovely.
  3. (collective) A group of ladybirds.
    • 'A loveliness of ladybirds,' whispers Roisin to her sleeping child, and looks at her husband proudly. He grins back. 'Aye, the plague of last summer. Couldn't pick up a glass of lemonade without finding a hundred ladybirds using it as a bubble-bath.'2016, David Mark, Dead Pretty, Hachette UK, page 10

Questions about lovelinesses

What is lovelinesses the plural of?
Lovelinesses is the plural of loveliness.

Words near lovelinesses in the dictionary

  1. lovelights
  2. lovelihead
  3. lovelike
  4. lovelily
  5. loveliness
  6. lovelinesses
  7. loveling
  8. lovelings
  9. Lovell
  10. lovelock
  11. lovelocks

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