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Spell Bee Word: Lovely


What does lovely mean?

Word: Lovely

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Lovely means very beautiful or attractive. It can also mean very pleasant or enjoyable.

Synonyms: beautiful, delightful

Antonyms: horrible, unpleasant

How do you spell lovely?

Syllables: love - ly

Tricky part: The e at the end of love stays in lovely. Children who write it as they say it often drop that e.

Watch out for: lovly, lovley

Memory tip: Nothing is taken away from love when it becomes lovely: love keeps its e.

Lovely in a sentence

Example 1: Thank you for the lovely card you made for my birthday.

Example 2: It was a lovely evening, so we walked along the beach at Brighton.

Example 3: The garden looks lovely after the first monsoon shower.

Fun Fact

In Britain people often say lovely on its own to mean great or thank you, for example when a waiter brings the food.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

lovely

a) ugly
b) charming
c) gentle
d) pretty

Show answer

a) ugly. Ugly is not nice to look at, the opposite of lovely.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

lovelly

a) l
b) y
c) o
d) v

Show answer

a) l. Only one l comes before the y in lovely.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) colourful
b) lovely
c) gentel
d) pretty

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c) gentel. Gentle ends in le, as apple does.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandma, the chalk drawing outside your door looks luvely this morning.

a) outside
b) morning
c) drawing
d) luvely

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d) luvely. Lovely is spelt with the o of love, even though it sounds like the u in cup.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lovely keeps the e of love. Which of these words also keeps the e of its root word?

a) truly
b) duly
c) lonely
d) wholly

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c) lonely

2. A friend offers you a cup of tea. Which reply sounds most natural?

a) That would be lonesome, thank you.
b) That would be lucky, thank you.
c) That would be lengthy, thank you.
d) That would be lovely, thank you.

Show answer

d) That would be lovely, thank you.

Associated Words

Words that end in -ely: entirely, completely, extremely

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: beautiful, delightful, horrible, unpleasant

More words from this list

perfect, seashell, toothless, angle, calendar, creep, expert, harsh

Next steps

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