lovely: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 12 letter points · starts with L · ends with Y
Meaning of lovely
adj
Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.
Example: It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
Nice; wonderful.
Example: It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
- obsolete
Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
- obsolete
Loving, filled with love.
Listed forms: lovelier, loveliest.
Source: Wiktionary — lovely.
noun
- informal
An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
Example: a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
Term of fond address.
Example: Goodbye, my lovely.
A lovely object.
Listed forms: lovelies.
Source: Wiktionary — lovely.
adv
- informal
In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.
Source: Wiktionary — lovely.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for lovely.
adjective
lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
noun
a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
- cover girl
- pin-up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is lovely in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of lovely
L(1) + O(1) + V(4) + E(1) + L(1) + Y(4) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of lovely
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from lovely
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in lovely. Showing up to 24, longest first.