beautiful
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
How often you will meet it
Rank 380 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 52,136 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.025% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration a beautiful childbeautiful country
- (of weather) highly enjoyable what a beautiful day
beautiful in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Both exclaimed in delight "How beautiful, mamma!"
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1
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The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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I took a sight of pains with him, and he'll sing beautiful before long.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1
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I will only say, that I wish and hope I may succeed in accomplishing anything so great and beautiful.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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An English chemist has discovered a process by which wood of any kind can be dyed a beautiful and permanent violet hue.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1