as in beauty
the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses
our daughter was a vision of loveliness in her prom dress
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Recent Examples of loveliness
April takes place in rural Georgia, in a region of astonishing natural loveliness that contrasts with its repressive treatment of its female population.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
All the seats were occupied by cross and weary passengers, but Laura, with her unmistakable tumbling blue-black tresses, as heavy and shining as a bird’s wing—for me her hair was, literally, the crown of her loveliness—was not among them.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Layer it with a ruffled duvet cover, ideally one with some lace trim for ultimate loveliness.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
All the seats were occupied by cross and weary passengers, but Laura, with her unmistakable tumbling blue-black tresses, as heavy and shining as a bird’s wing—for me her hair was, literally, the crown of her loveliness—was not among them.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Layer it with a ruffled duvet cover, ideally one with some lace trim for ultimate loveliness.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loveliness
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Below, shop eight deals across fashion, beauty, and home on Amazon—up to 62 percent off.—
Alyssa Morin,
InStyle,
16 Jan. 2026
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The beauty industry is entering a building period, after a dip in M&A activity in 2025.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Vogue,
16 Jan. 2026
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Market fundamentals trump policy announcements The general decline in oil prices from 2022 through late 2025 has reduced the attractiveness of many drilling investments.—
Skip York,
The Conversation,
9 Dec. 2025
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In 2003, Zuckerberg, then a sophomore, created Facemash by hacking into Harvard’s online student directories and using the photos to create a site where users could rank students’ attractiveness.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
6 Dec. 2025
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“Loveliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loveliness. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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