English Explanatory Dictionary

heavenly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
  2. Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
  3. Strongly or sublimely good, beautiful, or pleasurable.
adv
  1. In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
  2. To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
name
  1. A female given name.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of heavenly.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛvənli/ en-us-heavenly.ogg

Word forms

heavenly heavenlier more heavenly heavenliest most heavenly

Etymology

From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”).

Synonyms

celestial celest otherworldly ethereal empyreal empyrean etheric transcendental sublime spiritual eternal blessed devoutful divine hallowed heavenly holy godly sacred sanctimonious ageful agelong amaranthine endless enduring eterne everduring evergreen everlasting eviternal forever imperishable indesinent lasting never-ending perennial permanent perpetual perpetuate persistent sempiternal timeless unending undeadly undying paradisal paradisaical paradisaic paradisic acceptable agreeable all right amazing as fine as Dick's hatband awesome beatific bene blissful bodacious bona

Antonyms

earthly worldly worldy terrestrial material mundane sublunar sublunary profane temporal unheavenly areligious civil irreligious laicist laicistic nonreligious secular unconsecrated unsanctified common impious impure mishallowed unhallowed unholy ephemeral brief deciduous evanescent fleeting flying fugacious fugitive instant momentary passing perishable quick seasonable short short-lived temporary transient transitive transitory volatile whilend

Derived words

heavenlily heavenly marriage Heavenly Twins sleep in heavenly peace Taiping Heavenly Kingdom heavenliness heavenly bamboo heavenly birthday heavenly body Heavenly Father heavenly-minded heavenly stem heavenly virtues Heavenly Witnesses unheavenly heavenly host
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