Lovely vs Graceful - What's the difference?
lovely | graceful | Related terms |
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.
Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
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As adjectives the difference between lovely and graceful
is that lovely is beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner while graceful is having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.As a noun lovely
is an attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.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 .
Synonyms
* pretty, darlingEtymology 2
From (etyl) lovely, loflik, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Adjective
(en-adj)Anagrams
*graceful
English
Alternative forms
* gracefull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}