heavenly

«heavenly» in Mova's school dictionary: belonging to heaven or to God, as in «heavenly Father» or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (heavenly, more heavenly, most heavenly)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) Heavenly means belonging to heaven or to God, as in «heavenly Father» or «the heavenly host» of angels. tree →

2) Heavenly means about the sky and space, as in «heavenly bodies» for the Sun, Moon, planets and stars. tree →

3) (informal) Heavenly means wonderful and very pleasant: «This chocolate cake is heavenly!» tree →

sense in the lessons

In religion lessons and church songs it describes God and heaven; in science, «heavenly bodies» are objects in space; in everyday talk it is strong praise for food, smells or weather. Phrases: «heavenly Father», «heavenly bodies», «absolutely heavenly».

examples

• Christians pray to their heavenly Father. tree →
• The angels sang a heavenly song in the Christmas story. tree →
• Stars and planets are heavenly bodies. tree →
• This hot bath is heavenly! tree →
• The bakery smelled heavenly. tree →
• The choir sounded heavenly. tree →
• Mum said the cake was absolutely heavenly. tree →
• Ancient people studied the movements of heavenly bodies. tree →
• After the examination of the heavenly roads, the Sun and Moon again gave light to the earth. tree →

note

Ends in -ly but is an adjective, not an adverb. Heaven is spelled with ea. Christians believe heaven is where God is and where people go to be with God after death.

In the corpora

• Toad: «Me complain of that beautiful, that heavenly vision ... that swan, that sunbeam, that thunderbolt! ...

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «heavenly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.