heavenlyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 hevenely, hevenly, from 古期英語 heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven +‎ -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”).

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈhɛvənli/

形容詞

heavenly (comparative heavenlier or more heavenly, superlative heavenliest or most heavenly)

1. (religion) Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.

   Synonyms: celestial, (obsolete) celest, otherworldly, ethereal, empyreal, empyrean, etheric, transcendental, sublime, spiritual, eternal; see also Thesaurus:holy, Thesaurus:eternal

   Antonyms: earthly, worldly, worldy, terrestrial, material, mundane, sublunar, sublunary, profane, temporal, unheavenly; see also Thesaurus:secular, Thesaurus:unholy, Thesaurus:ephemeral

   Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, kicking and screaming.

2. Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

   The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun.

3. (figurative) Strongly or sublimely good, beautiful, or pleasurable.

   Synonyms: paradisal, paradisaical, paradisaic, paradisic; see also Thesaurus:good, Thesaurus:wonderful, Thesaurus:excellent, Thesaurus:awesome

   Oh, that's absolutely heavenly. Gimme some more.

   • 1817, Charles Phillips (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O′Mullan v. M′Korkill, The Speeches of Charles Phillips, page 131,

     No doubt, you have all personally considered — no doubt, you have all personally experienced, that of all the blessings which it has pleased Providence to allow us to cultivate, there is not one which breathes a purer fragrance, or bears an heavenlier aspect than education.

   • 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), “Baker’s Blue-Jay Yarn”, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 39:

     So he flew down and got that acorn, and fetched it up and dropped it in, and was just tilting his head back, with the heavenliest smile on his face, when all of a sudden he was paralyzed into a listening attitude and that smile faded gradually out of his countenance like breath off’n a razor, and the queerest look of surprise took its place.

   • 1987, Gary Clark, “Mary's Prayer”, performed by Danny Wilson:

     Everything is wonderful / Being here is heavenly

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副詞

heavenly (comparative more heavenly, superlative most heavenly)

1. In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     by night [she] saw that God in her armes, saying moreover unto her, that the next day, the first man she met withall, should heavenly pay her her wages.

2. To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure.
   • 2003, Ruben Soto, Fiesta for the Hispanic Soul, page 136:

     Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.

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