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/ˈhɛvənli/ · adjective
(religion) Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods..
Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, kicking and screaming.
The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun.
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.
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.
Everything is wonderful / Being here is heavenly
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.
Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.
Use heavenly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heavenly means (religion) Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods..
Common synonyms include celestial, celest, otherworldly, ethereal.
Possible antonyms include earthly, worldly, worldy, terrestrial.
Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, kicking and screaming.
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