Many a lovely look on them he cast.
Chaucer.
4. Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not
grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely
melody.
Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns.
Tennyson.
Syn. -- Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting;
lovable; amiable.
Love"ly, adv. In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.]
Tyndale.
Love"-mak`ing (?), n. Courtship. Bacon.
Love"mon`ger (?), n. One who deals in affairs of love.[Obs.] Shak.
Lov"er (lv"r), n. 1. One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually
limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex. Gower.
Love is blind, and lovers can not see The pretty follies that
themselves commit.
Shak.
2. A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires
the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.