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m'lovely

m'lovely noun: an affectionate term of address.

Noun

m'lovely (plural m'lovelies)

  1. An affectionate term of address.
    • "Don't yu'm cry like that, m'lovely, they owd Jarmans'll think'ee a poor tule, that they will."1948, George Goldsmith Carter, The Smacksmen: a Story of the Fishermen of the Borough, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, page 182
    • "Masses and prayers won't do him no good at this point, m'lovelies, since he's not much better a fellow today than he was when he bid you adieux these twenty years past […]"1990, Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, translated by Jane Brierley, Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence, Montreal: Véhicule Press, →ISBN, page 124

Forms of m'lovely

pluralm'lovelies

Origin of m'lovely

Contraction of my + lovely.

Questions about m'lovely

What does m'lovely mean?
M'lovely means an affectionate term of address.
What part of speech is m'lovely?
M'lovely is a noun.
What is the plural of m'lovely?
The plural of m'lovely is m'lovelies.

Words near m'lovely in the dictionary

  1. m'learned friends
  2. m'lord
  3. m'lords
  4. m'love
  5. m'lovelies
  6. m'lovely
  7. m'loves
  8. m'lud
  9. m'luds
  10. m'm
  11. M'Minn

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