Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Sublime; delightful; enchanting.
- adjective Relating to the firmament; celestial.
- adjective Relating to the abode of God; divine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to heaven, in either the physical or the spiritual sense; celestial: as, heavenly regions; heavenly peace; the heavenly throng.
- Fit for or characteristic of heaven; supremely blessed, excellent, or beautiful; angelic: as, a heavenly voice; a heavenly temper.
- Synonyms Ethereal, celestial.
- Godlike, divine, spiritual, blissful, beatific, seraphic, cherubic.
- In a manner as of heaven.
- By the influence or agency of heaven.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly
- adjective Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed
- adverb In a manner resembling that of heaven.
- adverb By the influence or agency of heaven.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions; good, beautiful, glorious, pleasurable.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
heavens orsky , regarded as the realm of thesun ,moon ,planets andstars . - adjective Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God;
divine . - adjective Extremely
beautiful orpleasurable . - adverb In a manner like that of
heaven ; by the influence or agency of heaven;divinely ,miraculously . - adverb To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
- adjective of or relating to the sky
- adjective of or belonging to heaven or god
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Oh, come, Billie, that's too much!" laughed Teddy, swinging her on to the floor and giving her what she called a heavenly dance.
Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck Janet D. Wheeler
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He seems to me to ascribe the exultation, the sense of power, the feeling of heightened vitality which accompany sexual love to that other love which he calls the heavenly love and which I should prefer to call loving-kindness; and by doing so infects it with the ineradicable vice of earthly love.
The Summing Up Maugham, W Somerset 1938
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Henceforth, she lived in a state of bitter but powerless irritation, face to face with her yielding niece who displayed adorable acts of tenderness to recompense her for what she termed her heavenly goodness.
Theresa Raquin ��mile Zola 1871
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"She isn't exactly what I call a heavenly-minded woman," said
Real Folks 1865
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In the zeal of their affection they would make us heirs of what they call their heavenly kingdom, but in the meanwhile destroy our religion, deprive us of our ancient gods, and sap the foundations of the state.
Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century William Ware 1824
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September 16th, 2009 'It' horde Neil Patrick Harris takes upon a EmmysLOS ANGELES If only one aw! ards unc over horde during a time holds a "it" title, then a stream heavenly is Neil Patrick Harris.
International Emmys to honor British TV veteran David Frost ... admin 2009
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It contained all three laws of planetary motion and attempted to explain heavenly motions through physical causes (Books IV - V)
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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It contained all three laws of planetary motion and attempted to explain heavenly motions through physical causes (Books IV - V)
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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September 16th, 2009 'It' horde Neil Patrick Harris takes upon a EmmysLOS ANGELES If only one aw! ards unc over horde during a time holds a "it" title, then a stream heavenly is Neil Patrick Harris.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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I also imagine that when His basicc human needs were met, he indeed did sleep in heavenly peace.
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