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Definition of Loverly
1. Adjective. Like or in the manner of a lover.
Definition of Loverly
1. Adjective. (UK nonstandard eye dialect) lovely ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loverly
1. lover [adj] - See also: lover
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loverly
Literary usage of Loverly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. More Short Plays for Amateurs by Amelia Lehmann Pain (1908)
"I must pick yer up now, my loverly, my beauty. [Kisses her wildly. ... I'm not
a goin' to sell yer, my loverly—not for all the gold in London. ..."
2. Journal of the Reign of King George the Third: From the Year 1771-1783 by Horace Walpole (1859)
"His mother, Maria loverly, hy a third marriage with Mr. ... like Maria loverly, (or,
ns the name is sometimes written, Levery\ was the wife of three ..."
3. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"In the vicinity of Tensleep it is about 250 feet. On Alkali Creek, north
of ('loverly, it is 282 feet, and in the region of ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"... and moved very (•loverly, the Purchase of Irish Railways by the State.
Unfortunately his argument in favour of the purchase of Railways generally is all ..."
Other Resources:
Scottish Gaelic