Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Like a lover; suitable for a lover; lover-like.

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  • adjective UK, nonstandard, eye dialect lovely

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  • adjective like or in the manner of a lover

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  • Or just a Cockney pronunciation of lovely, as in "Wouldn't it be luvverly?"

    October 9, 2008

  • *tries not to think of coconuts*

    October 9, 2008

  • And yet there they are, all standing in a row.

    October 10, 2008

  • Big ones?

    October 10, 2008

  • Aaaaaarrrrgggggghhhh! You can't uhrwurm me this early in the day! Not fair!

    October 10, 2008

  • And small ones.

    October 13, 2008