loverly
adjective
loverly is an adjective meaning “Characteristic of lovers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-O-V-E-R-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does loverly mean?
adjective
- 1
Characteristic of lovers.
- 2
UKnonstandardPronunciation spelling of lovely.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of loverly
- more loverly comparative
- most loverly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is loverly?
Loverly appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does loverly come from?
From lover + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).