lovely and
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British
: so as to give pleasure and enjoyment : pleasingly
Isn't the coffee lovely and hot!
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Narrated by a Spanish sailor—also a hero of Lepanto—whom Don Quixote and Sancho Panza encounter in an inn, the short interlude is mostly composed of the daring story of the captive’s escape through the intercession of a lovely and beautiful Moorish woman named Zoraida.
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Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Belly’s group of friends are so wonderful, and the actors who play all of them are so so lovely and wonderful and just completely delivered.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
One of the really lovely and almost kind of funny scenes in the show is the revelation that Hermit and Marcy bonded over the movie Ice Age as children.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
But Paris has been nothing but lovely and warm.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Belly’s group of friends are so wonderful, and the actors who play all of them are so so lovely and wonderful and just completely delivered.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
One of the really lovely and almost kind of funny scenes in the show is the revelation that Hermit and Marcy bonded over the movie Ice Age as children.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
But Paris has been nothing but lovely and warm.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Lovely and.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lovely%20and. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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