Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Sublime; delightful; enchanting.
- adj. Of or relating to the firmament; celestial: the sun, the moon, and other heavenly bodies.
- adj. Of or relating to the abode of God; divine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions; good, beautiful, glorious, pleasurable.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the heavens or sky, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets and stars.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God; divine.
- adj. Extremely beautiful or pleasurable.
- adv. In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
- adv. To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly
- adj. Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed
- adv. In a manner resembling that of heaven.
- adv. By the influence or agency of heaven.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
- adj. of or relating to the sky
- adj. of or belonging to heaven or god
Etymologies
- From Middle English hevenly, heofonlich, from Old English heofonlīċ ("heavenly, celestial; chaste"), equivalent to heaven + -ly. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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
“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.”
“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.”
“She isn't exactly what I call a heavenly-minded woman," said”
“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.”
“It contained all three laws of planetary motion and attempted to explain heavenly motions through physical causes (Books IV - V)”
“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.”
“I also imagine that when His basicc human needs were met, he indeed did sleep in heavenly peace.”
“Categories: Monday Photo Shoot · fun · holidays sleep in heavenly peace”
“So despite the fact that some people live in heavenly conditions while others experience hells for all their days and nights on earth, one must first believe that there is life beyond death before one can believe conditions there are the same as conditions here (usually reversed by appeal to 'divine justice').”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘heavenly’.
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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Words Associated With Jesus
Words that indentify Jesus and His Salvation to those who seek Him.
hope, grace, love, faith, salvation, truth, eternity, heaven, god, holy spirit, bible, scripture and 191 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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RELI - words you immediately associat...
baptism, almighty, Balaam, altar, anoint, archangel, apostle, advent, writings, wonders, timbrel, thorns and 341 more...
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jaydrox's list
Mah list!
mediocracy, captivatingly, devastatingly, dazedly, heavenly, flawless, copious, conviction, synoptic, amalgamation, prefatory, precursory and 150 more...
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Words that look like adverbs but aren't
manly, womanly, ungainly, slovenly, homily, costly, dastardly, family, sparkly, wrinkly, oily, orderly and 69 more...
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yummy
delectable words
literallydelectable, scrumptious, ambrosial, mouthwatering, piquant, juicy, luscious, heavenly, sapid, toothsome, succulent, savory and 10 more...
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Descriptive
The present, the future. Goals, wishes, hopes.
capricious, sericeous, sleek, flawless, charming, skilled, long-haired, versatile, beautiful, witty, fair, thin and 145 more...
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If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-...
Words that have been used as baby names, including virtue names, nature names, place names, etc.
The title is an actual name given to a Puritan boy in the 17th century.faith, hope, grace, charity, chastity, prudence, patience, temperance, river, phoenix, stone, violet and 455 more...
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lux
All things light-filled and radiant.
scintillate, radiate, elucidate, emanate, illuminate, sparkling, sparkle, glitter, glittering, glisten, shine, brighten and 97 more...
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Words suggested in response to Funk's...
In response to Wilfred J. Funk's "ten most beautiful words in the English language" list of 1932.
beer, rum, rye, sauterne, sherry, brandy, bourbon, Scotch, champagne, cocktail, lyric, serenity and 137 more...
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odorific
smelling words
odoriferous, malodorous, heavenly, redolent, putrid, delectable, stagnant, fragrant, smelly, noisome, noxious, fetid and 47 more...
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dct
heavenly, rugs, dishes, couch, table, dogs, horses, spots, marketing, accounting, control, piano and 1 more...
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Eilonwy's Words
edify, kindred spirit, verisimilitude, etymology, epitome, extemporaneous, eccentric, illuminate, renaissance, resplendent, dichotomy, tranquility and 75 more...
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Tickle My Ears!
Words used to describe one's voice.
low, high-pitched, deep, booming, lilting, whispery, hoarse, raspy, throaty, angelic, male, female and 38 more...
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haphazard's Words
repeal, resusitate, heavenly, godly, goodly, aggrandization, ixnay, reprimand, detriment, memorabilia, grueling, technophobe and 7 more...
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