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In literature, "lovable" is often employed to underscore warmth, charm, or an innate quality that endears characters and situations to the reader. Authors use the term to describe both people and abstract concepts, sometimes highlighting a natural grace or appeal—as when a character's inherent kindness makes them memorable ([1], [2], [3])—and other times to evoke a broader, almost idyllic quality in scenes or even ideals ([4], [5], [6]). This adjective appears across genres and eras, be it to contrast timidity with a lack of charm ([7]) or to celebrate the endearing nature of a person or setting ([8], [9]). Through such varied usage, "lovable" enriches the narrative by inviting readers to sense the subtle, positive nuances of human character and the world around them.
  1. He had been a loving, lovable little chap!
    — from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. by John Galsworthy
  2. She didn't care to be a queen of society now half so much as she did to be a lovable woman.
    — from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  3. I make mention of these trifles that others may understand how little there is of real weakness in a very lovable, manly, and courageous character.
    — from The Diamond Ship by Max Pemberton
  4. CHAPTER I GLEN "NOTES" AND OTHER MATTERS It was a warm, golden-cloudy, lovable afternoon.
    — from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery
  5. But this proud openness was made lovable by an expression of unaffected good-will.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  6. He had his faults, but they were not of a kind to prevent men from finding him lovable.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  7. There is nothing attractive in timidity, nothing lovable in fear.
    — from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
  8. There is something very lovable about her, in spite of all her nonsense.
    — from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery
  9. One cannot think how good a match looks under such circumstances—or how lovable and precious, and sacredly beautiful to the eye.
    — from Roughing It by Mark Twain

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