lovable
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- //ˈlʌvəbəl//
Inspiring or deserving love or affection; adorable or cute.
adjective
- 1
Inspiring or deserving love or affection; adorable or cute.
In short, the old town—the lovablest, old-timiest, easy-goingest old town that ever was—sits there by the River, hugging its traditions, and hoarding its stories, of which it has enough to make a new Thousand and One Nights.
Hon. Collier Weekly which furnish Japanese Schoolboy to public not often enough, when is his book coming out? […] That Boy is the dearest & sweetest & frankest & wisest & funniest & delightfulest & lovablest creation that has been added to our literature for a long time.
“[…] You’ll let Jims come here often, won’t you? I love him dearly.” / “No doubt you do, miss, for a lovabler child I never did see.[…]”
The wonder of the women of the world together, moya! And the lovablest Lima since Ineen MacCormick MacCoort MacConn O’Puckins MacKundred.
Etymology
From Middle English lovable, loveable, luffeabill, lufabul, equivalent to love + -able.
Forms
- comparative
- more lovable, lovabler
- superlative
- most lovable, lovablest
lovable · Inspiring or deserving love or affection; adorable or cute.
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