Heavenly

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See also: heavenly

English

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Etymology

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See heavenly. Equivalent to Heaven +‎ -ly.

Proper noun

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Heavenly

  1. A female given name

Adjective

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Heavenly (comparative more Heavenly, superlative most Heavenly)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of heavenly.
    • 1990, Reynolds Price, The Tongues of Angels, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, page 9:
      Nothing stands between you and her, except God of course and a Heavenly host with flaming swords.
    • 1995 winter, Lorraine Mortimer, “The Grim Enchantment of It’s a Wonderful Life”, in The Massachusetts Review, volume 36, number 4:
      As we learn his story (viewing from a Heavenly perspective along with his nominated second-class guardian angel, Clarence), we see that from the time he was a child he wanted to escape from small-town insularity, to shake the dust of the “crummy little town” off his feet.
    • 2015 January/February, Eric Schwitzgebel, “Out of the Jar”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 128, number 1/2:
      Do I have some problem with a Heavenly life of constant bliss and musical achievement?