# heavenly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɛvənli/ · frequency rank #10,222

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to the heaven believed in by many religions.
2. Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
3. Of or pertaining to the kingdom of God.
4. Strongly or sublimely beautiful or pleasurable.

## Etymology
From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial; chaste”); equivalent to heaven + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **heavily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavenly-vs-heavily)
- **heavens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heavenly-vs-heavens)
- **heaven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaven-vs-heavenly)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ehavenly`, `haevenly`, `heaevnly`, `heavelny`, `heavenlly`, `heavenlyy`, `heavennly`, `heavenyl`, `heavnely`, `heavvenly`, `hevaenly`, `hheavenly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/heavenly