heavenly

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Extremely pleasant, beautiful, or enjoyable.

   This chocolate cake tastes absolutely heavenly.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to heaven or to God.

   She prayed to her heavenly Father for guidance.

3. 3
   adj

   Relating to the sky, stars, and planets.

   The moon and other heavenly bodies are controlled by gravity.

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”).

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