Dearest vs Loveliest - What's the difference?
dearest | loveliest |
(dear)
* So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, / Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth. — William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXXVII
(lovely)
Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
* Robert of Brunne
Very nice, wonderful.
(obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Loving, filled with love.
* Chaucer
* Shakespeare
An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
A lovely object. (rfex)
Worthy to be praised.
As adjectives the difference between dearest and loveliest
is that dearest is (dear) while loveliest is (lovely).As a noun dearest
is a beloved person; a term of endearment.dearest
English
Adjective
(head)Synonyms
* beloved * honey * darling * sweetheartAnagrams
* * * * * *loveliest
English
Adjective
(head)lovely
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lovely, luvelich, lufli, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- 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.
- Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely .
- It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
- a most lovely gentlemanlike man
- Many a lovely look on them he cast.
- a lovely kiss
Synonyms
* lovable * lovesome * lovingDerived terms
* lovelily * lovelinessNoun
(lovelies)- a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
- Goodbye, my lovely .