heavenly

/ˈhɛvənli/

/ˈhɛavɪnli/

If something is heavenly, it either has something to do with God — it's sacred or divine — or it's so wonderful that it seems like it is, like the heavenly double-fudge brownies that your dad makes.

If you hear a priest in a church refer to "the heavenly Father," that basically translates to "God in heaven." When you observe heavenly objects through your telescope, you're looking at things that are in the sky, rather than something sacred or religious. And the most common, everyday way to use this adjective is to mean so beautiful or amazing that it seems like it came from heaven: "This weather is heavenly."

Definitions of heavenly

1. adjective

   relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
   “heavenly hosts”

   synonyms: celestial
2. adjective

   of or belonging to heaven or god
   synonyms:

   ambrosial, ambrosian

   worthy of the gods

   celestial, ethereal, supernal

   of heaven or the spirit

   divine, godly

   emanating from God

   divine, godlike

   being or having the nature of a god

   paradisaic, paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal

   relating to or befitting Paradise

   divine, providential

   resulting from divine providence

   superlunar, superlunary, translunar, translunary

   unworldly or ethereal

   supernal

   being or coming from on high

   immortal

   not subject to death

   sacred

   concerned with religion or religious purposes

   antonyms:

   earthly

   of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven

   earthborn

   connected with earthly life; of earthly origin

   earthbound

   confined to the earth

   earthlike

   resembling or characteristic of earth

   mundane, terrene

   belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

   sublunar, sublunary, terrestrial

   of this earth

   temporal

   of this earth or world

   mortal

   subject to death

   profane, secular

   not concerned with or devoted to religion

   secular, temporal, worldly

   characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
3. adjective

   of or relating to the sky
   “a heavenly body”

   synonyms: celestial
4. adjective

   highly pleasing or delightful
   antonyms:

   hellish

   very unpleasant

   unpleasant

   disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings