heavenly
35
3.4
- adjective
- /ˈhɛvənli/
- After a long hike, we enjoyed a heavenly view of the sunset over the mountains.
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- This smells like the most heavenly hotel lobby.
- So it's like that perfect in between and it smells so heavenly.
- So it's like gardenia, so heavenly.
- So my why behind my wealth is loving people, adding value to their life and making earth a heavenly place.
- So they're little lip balmies, and I've used one of them before and Oh my God, they smell and feel heavenly.
- I also love that it comes in a pump because it's just super easy to use in the shower and it smells heavenly.
- And also I got like the, I got rice and chorizo from Spain and it and it, it's absolutely heavenly.
- It blended out my bronzer like heavenly really like it.
Examples
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"As I've just said to your wife, your party is delightful, and this tea is heavenly."
Fiction book (1999) -
That looks heavenly.
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Oh, Lord, what a heavenly light.
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There is only one such heavenly blue, and no one speaks of any other.
Fiction book (1999) -
This smells like the most heavenly hotel lobby.
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This gravy is absolutely heavenly.
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His bags of popcorn were drenched in this heavenly mix of oil and butter.
Blog text (11) -
The shoemaker, always handsome, had been transformed into a heavenly vision whose brilliance almost hurt her eyes.
Fiction book (1991) -
The tall, handsome stranger with the heavenly eyes and the impossibly blond hair handed me a wine glass.
Fiction book (1995) -
The dessert was so delicious that it felt truly heavenly.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Pleasant to see, hear, or think about
∞
1.0
Very good and likely to make you feel happy or amazed
∞
1.0
Pleasing to the senses or feelings
∞
1.0
Very pleasant to look at or to be with
623
2.0
Very beautiful to look at
271
3.6
Very beautiful and impressive in a way that makes people admire it
215
1.8
Very good and surprising in a way that pleases people
169
2.0
Something very pleasant that makes you happy
101
5.5
Very beautiful, delicate, and well made, like a piece of jewelry
70
3.5
A very beautiful and surprising sight that amazes you
57
5.0
Extremely good or beautiful, as if from the gods
45
6.7
Extremely beautiful or great in a way that makes people feel wonder
28
6.9
From heaven or like a god, not of this world
23
8.8
Very light and delicate in a way that seems heavenly
22
3.3
Very happy and free from worry
17
6.7
So beautiful that it makes people notice it
12
9.9
Very beautiful and peaceful like heaven
4
9.9
Very beautiful and impressive, like at a big party
1
8.6
Very pleasing to the taste or smell, like delicious food
1
9.9
Having a beautiful, heavenly look or sound that feels holy
1
8.8
Making people feel very happy
1
7.5
Very beautiful and impressive to look at
1
9.9
Very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden or island
1
8.6
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a quiet beach or garden
1
9.9
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden
1
9.4
Shows the peace and beauty of a perfect garden
1
9.9
A very beautiful and peaceful place like a perfect garden
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden
Antonyms
Idioms
- Archaic
5
9.1
To die peacefully, people say this as a gentle way to talk about someone's death
Compounds
- Literature
1
9.6
A perfect, peaceful place often shown as a beautiful city in religious writing
How Pleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word heavenly comes from heaven, a place thought to be perfect and full of joy, plus -ly meaning 'like' or 'of'. So calling food, music, or a view 'heavenly' means it feels extremely pleasant, as if it came from heaven.