heavenly
- 01 B1 Intermediate
adj.related to heaven or God in a religious way.
adj.pertaining to the dwelling place of the divine or the kingdom of God in a theological context.
Simple“The choir sang about heavenly peace during the holiday service.”
In context“The fresco depicts a heavenly host of angels surrounding the central figure, rendered in vibrant gold leaf to suggest divine radiance.”
- 02 B1 Intermediate
adj.extremely pleasant, beautiful, or delicious.
adj.sublimely beautiful, pleasurable, or excellent; used as an intensive evaluative adjective.
Simple“This chocolate cake is absolutely heavenly.”
In context“After a week of hiking in the rain, the warm bath and clean sheets felt truly heavenly.”
Synonyms - 03 B2 Upper Intermediate
adj.related to the sky, stars, or planets.
adj.relating to the physical heavens or the sky as an astronomical realm.
Simple“The telescope allows us to see heavenly bodies like distant planets.”
In context“Ancient navigators relied on the movement of heavenly bodies to determine their position across the open sea.”
Antonyms - 04 C2 Proficiency
adv.in a way that seems like it comes from heaven or God.
adv.in a manner suggesting divine influence or origin.
Simple“The music sounded heavenly sweet in the quiet night.”
In context“The poet described a landscape heavenly blessed by the morning light, untouched by the industrial smoke of the city.”
Synonyms
From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial; chaste”); equivalent to heaven + -ly.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.