beautiful

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration“a beautiful child”“beautiful country”“a beautiful painting”“a beautiful theory”“a beautiful party”
  2. (of weather) highly enjoyable“what a beautiful day”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Beautiful \Beau"ti*ful\ (b[=u]"t[i^]*f[.u]l), a. Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. [1913 Webster]

A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. --Lord Kames. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful; pretty; delightful. See Fine. -- Beau"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Beau"ti*ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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