beauteous
adjective
beau·te·ous
ˈbyü-tē-əs 
chiefly literary
: beautiful
beauteous mountains
a beauteous smile
… thou hast given me in this beauteous face / A world of earthly blessings to my soul—
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare… high summer pours her blue glory and her golden light out of that beauteous sky …—Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë"My eyes swept over all before me. The spheres were plain as villages that dot a landscape. I saw most beauteous forms, yet like our own."—Herman Melville
Herman Melville
beauteously
adverb
beauteousness
noun
Examples of beauteous in a Sentence
the day ended with a beauteous sunset
Recent Examples on the Web
The effect is that of being submerged in a lush wash of beauteous flute chords.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
The setting for the show is the beauteous grounds of the Palace of Fine Arts, which has been tricked out to accommodate all sorts of interactive and balloon-based wonderment.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Or in absorbing Laurie Anderson’s mesmerizing Amelia — her beauteous, immediate, dreaming of a woman whose courage took her into the void, and history.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
But what our Gear team testers prized greatly in KitchenAid’s burr grinder was its beauteous ease of cleaning, with burrs accessibly placed just beneath the hopper.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
Or in absorbing Laurie Anderson’s mesmerizing Amelia — her beauteous, immediate, dreaming of a woman whose courage took her into the void, and history.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
In June, Art Shield launched a three-day celebration of Ukrainian culture there with art, live music (five bands) and panels that included the brave and beauteous and renowned TV correspondent of the war Shelby Wilder.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Opened in 1877, this stretch of track zooms along the beauteous Cornish coast, a treasure trove of coves, azure seas, white-sand beaches, and beautiful coastal towns once adored by the likes of novelist Virginia Woolf and other celebrities.
—Luke Abrahams, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024
But nothing beats going into a bakery and admiring the beauteous bounty of sweetness in the pastry case.
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
The setting for the show is the beauteous grounds of the Palace of Fine Arts, which has been tricked out to accommodate all sorts of interactive and balloon-based wonderment.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Or in absorbing Laurie Anderson’s mesmerizing Amelia — her beauteous, immediate, dreaming of a woman whose courage took her into the void, and history.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
But what our Gear team testers prized greatly in KitchenAid’s burr grinder was its beauteous ease of cleaning, with burrs accessibly placed just beneath the hopper.
—Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024
Or in absorbing Laurie Anderson’s mesmerizing Amelia — her beauteous, immediate, dreaming of a woman whose courage took her into the void, and history.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
In June, Art Shield launched a three-day celebration of Ukrainian culture there with art, live music (five bands) and panels that included the brave and beauteous and renowned TV correspondent of the war Shelby Wilder.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Opened in 1877, this stretch of track zooms along the beauteous Cornish coast, a treasure trove of coves, azure seas, white-sand beaches, and beautiful coastal towns once adored by the likes of novelist Virginia Woolf and other celebrities.
—Luke Abrahams, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2024
But nothing beats going into a bakery and admiring the beauteous bounty of sweetness in the pastry case.
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
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“Beauteous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beauteous. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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beauteous
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beau·te·ous
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beauteously
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beauteousness
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