loveliness
noun/ˈlʌvlinəs/
Etymology
From Middle English luflynes; equivalent to lovely + -ness.
- inherited from luflynes
Definitions
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.
- Then, seated in her barbaric chair above them all, with myself at her feet, was the veiled white woman, whose loveliness and awesome power seemed to visibly shine about her like a halo, or rather like the glow from some unseen light.
The result of being lovely.
A group of ladybirds.
- A loveliness of ladybugs is enjoying lunch - little aphids that pepper a crop of soybeans.
- Sparks of sunlight caught on a loveliness of ladybirds that had floated into the waiting room through an open door.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA