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Exquisite vs Heavenly - What's the difference?

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Exquisite is a related term of heavenly.


As adjectives the difference between exquisite and heavenly

is that exquisite is especially fine or pleasing; exceptional while heavenly is of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions; good, beautiful, glorious, pleasurable.

As a noun exquisite

is (rare) fop, dandy.

As an adverb heavenly is

in a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.

exquisite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
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  • *:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
  • (lb) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
  • ; far-fetched; abstruse.
  • Of special beauty or rare excellence.
  • Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
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  • Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
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  • *(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
  • *:his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite

    • Synonyms

    * beautiful, delicate, discriminating

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) Fop, dandy.
  • * 1925 , , Random House, London:2007, p. 42.
    • So striking was his appearance that two exquisites , emerging from the Savoy Hotel and pausing on the pavement to wait for a vacant taxi, eyed him with pained disapproval as he approached, and then, starting, stared in amazement.
  • *:: 'Good Lord!' said the first exquisite .

    • heavenly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions; good, beautiful, glorious, pleasurable.
  • Of or pertaining to the heavens or sky, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets and stars.
  • Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God; divine.
  • * 1817 , (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O?Mullan v. M?Korkill'', ''The Speeches of Charles Phillips , page 131,
    • No doubt, you have all personally considered — no doubt, you have all personally experienced, that of all the blessings which it has pleased Providence to allow us to cultivate, there is not one which breathes a purer fragrance, or bears an heavenlier aspect than education.
  • Extremely beautiful or pleasurable.
    • Oh, please continue giving me a massage - it?s absolutely heavenly .
  • * 1880 , '', ''The Works of Mark Twain: Authorized Uniform Edition , Volume 1, page 19,
    • So he flew down and got that acorn, and fetched it up and dropped it in, and was just tilting his head back, with the heavenliest smile on his face, when all of a sudden he was paralyzed into a listening attitude and that smile faded gradually out of his countenance like breath off?n a razor, and the queerest look of surprise took its place.

    Synonyms

    * (of or pertaining to the heaven of any of many religions) * celestial * (of or pertaining to the Kingdom of God) divine * (extremely beautiful or pleasurable) beatific, divine

    Related terms

    * heaven * heavenliness

    Derived terms

    * heavenly body

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
  • *, II.12:
    • by night [she] saw that God in her armes, saying moreover unto her, that the next day, the first man she met withall, should heavenly pay her her wages.
  • To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
  • * 2003 , Ruben Soto, Fiesta for the Hispanic Soul , p. 136:
    • Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.