lovely and
idiom
British
: so as to give pleasure and enjoyment : pleasingly
Isn't the coffee lovely and hot!
Examples of lovely and in a Sentence
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Jane Seymour is lovely and tragic as the tarot-reading Solitaire.
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Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
Well, the lovely and expansive view out over farms, fields and water is seen from the vantage point of a high hill — and there are none of those in Holland, a place of naturally flat, low-lying plains.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The sweet environment is fragrant in a contradictory way — enticing and sickly, indulgent and off-putting, decidedly lovely and vaguely gross.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Our very first show — the Maldives — that was an experience, because that was really beautiful, lovely and the kind of setting I actually like, which is basically a beach.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
And there are more natural escapes at every turn, too, in this lovely and little-discovered region.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
The plot is more or less the same: A Bay Area health inspector discovers humans are being replaced by alien duplicates that possess none of the pesky emotions that make life lovely and unbearable.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
An iconic Mass Appeal cover from 2013 depicted Miller walking barefoot alongside Q on train tracks in a hauntingly lovely and innocent image.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) A lovely and underrated adaptation of a Thomas Hardy novel, Far from the Madding Crowd stars Carey Mulligan as the fiercely independent Bathsheba while a whole stable of talented Brits (Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, and Tom Sturridge) play her three suitors.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
Well, the lovely and expansive view out over farms, fields and water is seen from the vantage point of a high hill — and there are none of those in Holland, a place of naturally flat, low-lying plains.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The sweet environment is fragrant in a contradictory way — enticing and sickly, indulgent and off-putting, decidedly lovely and vaguely gross.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Our very first show — the Maldives — that was an experience, because that was really beautiful, lovely and the kind of setting I actually like, which is basically a beach.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
And there are more natural escapes at every turn, too, in this lovely and little-discovered region.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
The plot is more or less the same: A Bay Area health inspector discovers humans are being replaced by alien duplicates that possess none of the pesky emotions that make life lovely and unbearable.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
An iconic Mass Appeal cover from 2013 depicted Miller walking barefoot alongside Q on train tracks in a hauntingly lovely and innocent image.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) A lovely and underrated adaptation of a Thomas Hardy novel, Far from the Madding Crowd stars Carey Mulligan as the fiercely independent Bathsheba while a whole stable of talented Brits (Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, and Tom Sturridge) play her three suitors.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
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