Contextualizebeta

heavenly

adj
/ˈhɛvənli/UK

Etymology

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”).

  1. inherited from heofonlīċ — “heavenly, celestial, chaste”
  2. inherited from hevenely

Definitions

  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

    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.

  3. Strongly or sublimely good, beautiful, or pleasurable.

    • Oh, that's absolutely heavenly. Gimme some more.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. In a manner like that of heaven

      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.

    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.

    3. A female given name.

    4. Alternative letter-case form of heavenly.

      • Nothing stands between you and her, except God of course and a Heavenly host with flaming swords.
      • Do I have some problem with a Heavenly life of constant bliss and musical achievement?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at heavenly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01heavenly02sublimely03sublime04ascend05upward06origin07coordinate08arc

A definitional loop anchored at heavenly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at heavenly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA