Literary notes about lovely (AI summary)
In literature, “lovely” is often employed to evoke an aura of beauty and tenderness, whether in describing the natural world or in portraying human characters and emotions. Authors use it to transform ordinary scenes into enchanted landscapes, as when a “lovely blue light” appears on the horizon ([1]) or when a gentle wood-path becomes “more lovely” with patches of sunlight ([2], [3]). The word also serves to capture the delicate allure of figures, from the “lovely image of the Princess” ([4]) to the “lovely eyes” and features that stir both admiration and bittersweet irony ([5], [6]). Thus, “lovely” functions as a versatile literary tool for imbuing both settings and characters with grace and evocative charm ([7], [8]).
- But the East Wind answered not a word, only pointed forwards to a lovely blue light which gleamed in the distance.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - The wood-path, too, grew more lovely, and patches of blue sky appeared through the branches of the trees.
— from Little Folks (September 1884) by Various - It was one of those serene and lovely mornings that sometimes succeed a storm.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon - Just as she was stooping to fill it, she saw reflected in the water the lovely image of the Princess.
— from The Red Fairy Book - The picture was certainly that of an unusually lovely woman.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - “Oh, she is perfectly lovely—what a complexion!
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - Assuredly, Didymus of Alexandria is no mediocre philosopher.—One word, my lovely child!
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo - Teacher bought me a lovely new dress and gloves and stockings and collars and grandmother made me warm flannels, and aunt Nannie made me aprons.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
