The difference between Beautiful and Lovely
When used as adjectives, beautiful means attractive and possessing beauty, whereas lovely means beautiful.
Lovely is also noun with the meaning: an attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
Lovely is also adverb with the meaning: in a lovely fashion or manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Beautiful and Lovely
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Beautiful as an adjective:
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Examples:
"Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful."
"There's a beautiful lake by the town."
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Beautiful as an adjective (of the weather):
Pleasant; clear.
Examples:
"It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk."
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Beautiful as an adjective:
Well executed.
Examples:
"The skater performed a beautiful [[axel]]."
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Lovely as an adjective:
Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
Examples:
"It's a lovely day and the sun is shining."
"The music box plays a lovely melody."
"The castle garden enchants visitors with its lovely blooms."
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Lovely as an adjective:
Very nice, wonderful.
Examples:
"It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend."
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Lovely as an adjective (obsolete):
Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
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Lovely as an adjective (obsolete):
Loving, filled with love.
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Lovely as an adverb (informal):
In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.
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Lovely as a noun (informal):
An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
Examples:
"a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis"
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Lovely as a noun:
Examples:
"Goodbye, my lovely."
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Lovely as a noun:
A lovely object.
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Lovely as an adjective:
Worthy of praise.
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- beautiful vs ugly
- beautiful vs unbeautiful
- beautiful vs clear
- beautiful vs fine
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- beautiful vs sunny
- bad vs beautiful
- beautiful vs cloudy
- beautiful vs dull
- beautiful vs miserable
- beautiful vs overcast
- beautiful vs rainy
- beautiful vs wet
- beautiful vs excellent
- beautiful vs exceptional
- beautiful vs good
- beautiful vs great
- beautiful vs marvellous
- beautiful vs marvelous
- beautiful vs perfect
- beautiful vs stylish
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- beautiful vs poor
- beautiful vs shoddy
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- beautiful vs terrible
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