dilly vs lovely

dilly

noun
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. 

  • A dilly bag. 

adj
  • Silly; characteristic of a dill. 

  • Redolent of dill (the herb). 

lovely

noun
  • An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty. 

  • A lovely object. 

  • Term of fond address. 

adv
  • In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully. 

adj
  • Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. 

  • Very nice, wonderful. 

How often have the words dilly and lovely occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )