Adjective
The word is derived from lovely
An empty canvas is a living wonder - far lovelier than certain pictures. Wassily Kandinsky
Lovely in death the beauteous ruin lay And if in death still lovely, lovelier there Far lovelier pity swells the tide of love. Edward Young
And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace Of finer form or lovelier face. Walter Scott
Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower On earth was never sown This child I to myself will take She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. William Wordsworth
Glory. Lovelier to desire than to possess. Joseph Joubert
Why are all reflections lovelier than what we call the reality? - not so grand or so strong, it may be, but always lovelier? George MacDonald