How to use lovely in a sentence
40 example sentences · adjective, noun, adverb
Lovely means delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace. Example: “It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.”
Examples of lovely by meaning
adjectiveDelightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
- It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
- The music box plays a lovely melody.
- The castle garden enchants visitors with its lovely blooms.
adjectiveNice; wonderful.
- It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
nounAn attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
- a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
- Tom Bower’s 2024 book, The House of Beckham, painted a rather snide portrait of the marriage, in which Beckham is constantly surrounded by lovelies, and Victoria is in a constant huff about it.2025 May 2, Zoe Williams, Sarah Gilbert, “David Beckham at 50: his gorgeous, outrageous life in 50 pictures”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
nounTerm of fond address.
- Goodbye, my lovely.
nounA lovely object.
- Preserving can also refer to the storage of these fiber and vitamin rich lovelies.2011, Theodora Floros, What'S for Lunch?: A Cooking Guide for Parents, →ISBN, page 13
- May Bell ironed the last ruffle and then hung the dress in the wardrobe next to her other lovelies.2015, Marlys Millhiser, The Mirror, →ISBN
adverbIn a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.
- She's not everyone's cup of tea, what with the way she speaks her mind and doesn't always do her hair in the morning, but she scrubs up lovely.2014, Neil Bartlett, chapter 18, in The Disappearance Boy, A&C Black
More sentences with lovely
- She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.From the entry by
- Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop. I discovered that they sold widgets.From the entry discover
- I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.From the entry shade
- An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah.From the entry Torah
- Ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause to our lovely new Miss Yorkshire!From the entry miss
- The cabin offers a lovely spacious view of the mountain meadows.From the entry spacious
- A bath is a lovely relaxing event, until the realization that you're soaking in your own crud.From the entry realization
- My uncle was a lovely man, and soft-spoken with his delightful Manx accent.From the entry soft-spoken
- This year, I'll be going to Stratford on holiday. I heard it's lovely in May.From the entry Stratford
- She's a lovely girl but she's got summerteeth—some are still there, but some ain't.From the entry summerteeth
- We heard a lovely song on the radio.From the entry radio
- There is a lovely little church in the valley.From the entry church
- The sun is out, and it's a lovely day.From the entry out
- She was wearing a lovely new pair of pumps.From the entry pump
- It’s a lovely little studio with almost a river view.From the entry studio
- There was a lovely leather-bound Torah on the bookshelf.From the entry Torah
- Oh, Tannenbaum, oh, Tannenbaum, how lovely are thy branches.From the entry Tannenbaum
- What a lovely vase! You shouldn't have!From the entry you shouldn't have
- My last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was too touchy-feely with me in public.From the entry touchy-feely
- We went for a walk along the beach, watched the sunset, and then capped it all off with a lovely meal.From the entry cap it all off
- That man just gave you a lovely birthday gift, young lady; what do you say? ― Thank you!From the entry what do you say
- Down this street is a lovely olde worlde bookshop.From the entry olde worlde
- The water in the pool was lovely and warm.From the entry lovely and
- After John gave her a lovely wooly hat for her birthday, she wanted to make it up to him so she took him out for dinner.From the entry make it up to
- A lovely piece by Jennifer Frey entitled “What is higher education” does not define what “higher” means.2026 May 9, Hollis Robbins, “What does the "higher" in higher ed mean? AI is forcing the question”, in Anecdotal Value [Substack newsletter]. From the entry higher education
- Currently replaying in preparation for DAD, and the Josiemance is still as lovely as I remember.2024 May 24, RS_Serperior, Reddit. From the entry dad
- He looked a good nine inches or so with a lovely mushroom head.2021, Sophie Palmer, Hot Wife: Collection of Explicit Erotic Short Stories. From the entry love tunnel
- I’d prefer to keep things straightforward and stick in the lovely, tasty yolks, too.2020 January 8, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe”, in The Guardian. From the entry after all
- I celebrated by going for a lovely walk on the Malvern Hills, then doing some writing.2020 October 1, Sue Woolley, One Foot in Front of the Other: The most heartwarming and life-affirming story you'll read all year . . .…. From the entry soberversary
- Eva, although perhaps, strictly speaking, not beautiful, was yet bloomingly lovely.2019, Fredrika Bremer, The Home; Or, Life in Sweden. From the entry bloomingly
Meaning of lovely
- adjective Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
- adjective Nice; wonderful.
- adjective Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
Questions about lovely in a sentence
- How do you use lovely in a sentence?
- Lovely is used as an adjective, noun and adverb. For example: “It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.”
- What is a short sentence with lovely?
- “Goodbye, my lovely.”
- What does lovely mean?
- Lovely means delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lovely (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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