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Adjective: heavenly (heavenlier,heavenliest)  he-vun-lee
  1. Relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
    "heavenly hosts";
    - celestial
     
  2. Of or relating to the sky
    "a heavenly body";
    - celestial
     
  3. Of or belonging to heaven or god
     
  4. [informal] Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as an intensifier
    "a heavenly trip to the Orient";
    - fantastic, grand, howling [informal], marvelous [US], marvellous [Brit, Cdn], rattling [informal], terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous, phenomenal, epic [slang], magnificent

Derived forms: heavenlier, heavenliest

See also: ambrosial, ambrosian, celestial, divine, ethereal, etherial, extraordinary, godlike, godly, immortal, paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal, paradisical, providential, sacred, superlunar, superlunary, supernal, translunar, translunary

Antonym: earthly

Encyclopedia: Heavenly