heavenly
- adjective
- /ˈhɛvənli/
- After a long hike, we enjoyed a heavenly view of the sunset over the mountains.
This smells like the most heavenly hotel lobby.
- 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
Pleasant to see, hear, or think about
Very good and likely to make you feel happy or amazed
Very pleasant to look at or to be with
Pleasing to the senses or feelings
Very beautiful to look at
Very beautiful and impressive in a way that makes people admire it
Very good and surprising in a way that pleases people
Something very pleasant that makes you happy
Very beautiful, delicate, and well made, like a piece of jewelry
A very beautiful and surprising sight that amazes you
Extremely good or beautiful, as if from the gods
Extremely beautiful or great in a way that makes people feel wonder
From heaven or like a god, not of this world
Very happy and free from worry
Very light and delicate in a way that seems heavenly
So beautiful that it makes people notice it
Very beautiful and impressive, like at a big party
Very beautiful and peaceful like heaven
Very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden or island
Having a beautiful, heavenly look or sound that feels holy
Very pleasing to the taste or smell, like delicious food
Very beautiful and impressive to look at
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden
A very beautiful and peaceful place like a perfect garden
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a quiet beach or garden
Shows the peace and beauty of a perfect garden
A place that is very beautiful and peaceful, like a perfect garden
Making people feel very happy
Antonyms
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
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.