heavenly

[ hev-uhn-lee ]

adjective

1. of or in the heavens:

   the heavenly bodies.

2. of, belonging to, or coming from the heaven of God, the angels, etc.
3. resembling or befitting heaven; blissful; beautiful:

   His home in Tahiti was a heavenly spot.

4. divine or celestial:

   heavenly peace.

   Synonyms: cherubic, beatific, blessed, angelic, seraphic, sublime, supernal

   Antonyms: hellish, infernal

heavenly

/ ˈhɛvənlɪ /

adjective

1. informal.
   alluring, wonderful, or sublime
2. of or occurring in space

   a heavenly body

3. divine; holy

Derived Forms

• ˈheavenliness, noun

Other Words From

• heaven·li·ness noun
• un·heaven·ly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of heavenly¹

before 1000; Middle English hevenly, Old English heofonlīc. See heaven, -ly

Example Sentences

But not everyone sees the expansion of self-driving cars as a heavenly delight.

From Los Angeles Times

Songs from his 2024 “Luck and Strange LP” mesh seamlessly with older material, thanks in no small part to a stellar band that includes a trio of female singers/instrumentalists who made “The Great Gig in the Sky” heavenly, and the solid playing and energy of longtime bass player Guy Pratt.

From Los Angeles Times

The Shenzhou 19 spacecraft is crewed by three taikonauts - China’s word for astronauts - who are the latest in a series of explorers to head to the country’s homegrown space station, Tiangong, or "Heavenly Palace".

From BBC

It’s where Mexico’s own The Natural honed his skills, his delivery featuring the signature skyward tilt, as if seeking heavenly intervention for his offerings from the mound.

From Los Angeles Times

“I wanted to see California. The PCT sounded like a heavenly place to be. I had some fanciful idea over a year ago, but it’s become all too real now,” he said last week, joined in the journey by a friend in charge of logistics as well as someone to manage social media.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• angelic
• blissful
• celestial
• delectable
• delicious
• divine
• glorious
• holy
• lovely
• luscious
• ravishing
• sublime
• supernatural
• wonderful