beautiful

adj

1. Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.

   “Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.”

   “There's a beautiful lake by the town.”

   “[A]s amongſt the Moores, the Iettieſt blacke are deem'd / The beautifulſt of them; […]”

   ““Is Olga de Coude very beautiful?” she asked. And Tarzan laughed and kissed her again. “Not one-tenth so beautiful as you, dear,” he said.”

   “It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.”

2. Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive.

   “the house beautiful”

3. That one likes very much.

   “He was a beautiful person; he would drop everything to help you.”

   “You've done a beautiful thing today.”

4. Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful.

   “Beethoven's most beautiful sonata”

   “It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.”

   “These carnations smell beautiful but those daffodils smell funny.”

5. Impressing with charm in an intellectual or moral way, through inherent suitability or elegance.

   “The skater performed a beautiful axel.”

noun

1. Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.

   “The man was faithful to his wife, ignoring the many blonde beautifuls who surrounded him wherever he went.”

   “Hey, beautiful!”