loverly1
/ˈlʌvəli/adjective
Like a lover; characteristic of a lover.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in William Dunbar (?1460–?1530), poet and courtier. From lover + -ly.
loverly2
/ˈlʌvəli/(also laverly, lovally, luverly)
adjective
= lovely.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Daily Chronicle. Representing a regional, especially cockney, pronunciation of lovely.
- pre-acetabular
- preach
- preachable
- preachee
- preacher
- preacher bench
- preacherdom
- preacheress
- preacher-in-the-pulpit
- preacherless
- preacher-like
- preacherling
- preacherly
- preacher man
- preachership
- preachery
- preachification
- preachify
- preachiness
- preaching cross
- preaching friar
- preaching house
- preachingly
- preaching station
- preachment