Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
LOVELY
I. adjective (lovelier; -est) Date: before 12th century lovable , delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace ; attractive , grand , swell , eliciting love by moral or ideal worth, see: beautiful lovelily adverb loveliness noun lovely adverb
II. noun (plural lovelies)
Date: 1652
a beautiful woman, a lovely object