heavenly

heavenly
/hev"euhn lee/, adj.
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.
[bef. 1000; ME hevenly, OE heofonlic. See HEAVEN, -LY]
Syn. 4. supernal, sublime; seraphic, cherubic, angelic; blessed, beatific.
Ant. 4. infernal, hellish.

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