loveliness

noun
/ˈlʌvlinəs/

Etymology

From Middle English luflynes; equivalent to lovely + -ness.

  1. inherited from luflynes

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. The result of being lovely.

  3. 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