heavenly
adjetivoadverbiocorriente en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈhɛvənli//
Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
adjetivo
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Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, kicking and screaming.
- 2
Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun.
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figuradoStrongly or sublimely good, beautiful, or pleasurable.
Oh, that's absolutely heavenly. Gimme some more.
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.
Everything is wonderful / Being here is heavenly
Etimología
From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”).
adverbio
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In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
by night [she] saw that God in her armes, saying moreover unto her, that the next day, the first man she met withall, should heavenly pay her her wages.
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To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.
Formas
- comparativo
- heavenlier, more heavenly
- superlativo
- heavenliest, most heavenly
heavenly · Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
Heavenly · A female given name.heavens · The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars.Heavens · A surname originating as a patronymic.