Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HEAV'EN-LY
HEAV'EN-LY, a.
- Pertaining to heaven; celestial; as, heavenly regions; heavenly bliss.
- Resembling heaven; supremely excellent; as, a heavenly lyre; a heavenly temper. The love of heaven makes one heavenly. Sidney.
- Inhabiting heaven; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly throng.
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