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heavenly
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?h?v?nli/
Etymology
From Middle English heuenly, hevenly, heofonlich, from Old English heofonl?? (“heavenly, celestial; chaste”); equivalent to heaven +? -ly.
Adjective
heavenly (comparative heavenlier or more heavenly, superlative heavenliest or most heavenly)
- Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.
- Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
- Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God; divine.
- 1817, Charles Phillips (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O?Mullan v. M?Korkill, The Speeches of Charles Phillips, page 131,
- No doubt, you have all personally considered — no doubt, you have all personally experienced, that of all the blessings which it has pleased Providence to allow us to cultivate, there is not one which breathes a purer fragrance, or bears an heavenlier aspect than education.
- 1817, Charles Phillips (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O?Mullan v. M?Korkill, The Speeches of Charles Phillips, page 131,
- Strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable.
- Oh, please continue giving me a massage – it?s absolutely heavenly.
- 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, The Works of Mark Twain: Authorized Uniform Edition, Volume 1, page 19,
- So he flew down and got that acorn, and fetched it up and dropped it in, and was just tilting his head back, with the heavenliest smile on his face, when all of a sudden he was paralyzed into a listening attitude and that smile faded gradually out of his countenance like breath off?n a razor, and the queerest look of surprise took its place.
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to the heaven of any of many religions): celestial; celest (obsolete); paradisal, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisic (inexact)
- (of or pertaining to the Kingdom of God): divine, spiritual
- (strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable): beatific, blissful, divine, delightful, wonderful
Translations
Adverb
heavenly (comparative more heavenly, superlative most heavenly)
- In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
- To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
Derived terms
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resplendent
English
Alternative forms
- resplendant (obsolete)
Etymology
From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend +? -ent, from Latin resplendere.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /???spl?n.d?nt/
Adjective
resplendent (comparative more resplendent, superlative most resplendent)
- Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
- (mathematics) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.
Related terms
- resplend
- splendid
- splendor
Translations
See also
- resplendid (misspelling)
Latin
Verb
resplendent
- third-person plural present active indicative of resplende?
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