Part 6667

<blockquote>These are ill-favored to see to; and yet, as<b>loveless</b> as they be, they are not without some medicinable virtues. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lovelily</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Love"li*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lovely</er>.]</ety> <def>In manner to excite love; amiably.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Otway.</i>

<h1>Loveliness</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Love"li*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Lovely</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being lovely.</def>

<blockquote>If there is such a native <b>loveliness</b> in the sex as to make them victorious when in the wrong, how resistless their power when they are on the side of truth! <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lovelock</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Love"lock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.</def>

<i>Burton.</i>

<blockquote>A long <b>lovelock</b> and long hair he wore. <b>Sir W</b>. <b>Scott</b>.

<h1>Lovelorn</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Love"lorn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Forsaken by one's love.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>lovelorn</b> nightingale. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lovely</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Love"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lovelier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Loveliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>luflic</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.</def> "<i>Lovely</i> to look on." <i>Piers Plowman</i>.

<blockquote>Not one so fair of face, of speech so <b>lovely</b>. <i>Robert of Brunne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as <b>lovely</b> as is this of hers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.</def>

<blockquote>A most <b>lovely</b> gentlemanlike man. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Loving; tender.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>lovely</i> kiss."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Many a <b>lovely</b> look on them he cast. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; <as>as, a <ex>lovely</ex> view; a <ex>lovely</ex> valley; a <ex>lovely</ex> melody.</as></def>

<blockquote>Indeed these fields Are <b>lovely</b>, <b>lovelier</b> not the Elysian lawns. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable.</syn>

<h1>Lovely</h1> <Xpage=871>

<hw>Love"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner to please, or to excite love.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>