heavenly
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈhɛvənli/
- Specialized
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celeste
- Astronomers study the movement of heavenly bodies to understand the universe better.
- heavenly bodies
- heavenly sphere
Other heavenly bodies and Earth's position in space.
- Other heavenly bodies and Earth's position in space.
- So we use the law by which a stone falls, you know, laws for, for objects here and the laws by which the heavenly body moves, we roll them into one law.
- Then we get Alchemyum of Croton, attributing divinity to the sun, moon, and other heavenly bodies.
- He also talks about the condition of the heavenly bodies and he says that those can also influence people as well.
Examples
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The evening star and the morning star are the very same heavenly body.
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...inlaid into the terrazzo floors was a star map, a celestial map of heavenly bodies so accurately displayed that one could chart the procession of the pole star 14,000 years into the future, such that future generations upon...
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This is surely some heavenly sign!
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You will go straight through the exit door on the right that leads directly to the heavenly bridge.
Fiction book (2002) -
Forever, man has dreamed of visiting the nearest of heavenly bodies.
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In a sophisticated culture, people turned to astronomers because heavenly events perplexed them.
Academic text (1995) -
Astronomers continued to speak of heavenly spheres decades after Copernicus.
Academic text (1996) -
Concentric circles and spirals refer to the great heavenly bodies and symbolize life and hope.
Academic text (1995) -
Thy prayer carried me so near to heaven's gates... ...I thought I heard the choiring of angel voices... ...and the playing of heavenly harps.
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Then we get Alchemyum of Croton, attributing divinity to the sun, moon, and other heavenly bodies.
Synonyms
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8.9
Relating to the stars or to a world beyond the body that is not physical
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1.7
Covered with many bright stars that shine
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6.0
About stars and the space around them
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6.9
Relating to the sky or outer space, like stars and planets
Like the highest part of the sky or heaven
Things that exist beyond the moon and seem strange
Having the light blue color or wide open feeling of the sky
Idioms
- Archaic
To die peacefully, people say this as a gentle way to talk about someone's death
Compounds
- Literature
A perfect, peaceful place often shown as a beautiful city in religious writing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word heavenly comes from heaven, an old English word for the 'sky', plus the ending -ly meaning 'of' or 'like'. So, when we talk about planets or stars as 'heavenly', we mean they are literally 'of the sky'.