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adjective

Comely adj. (compar. comelier; superl. comeliest)

Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome. "He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young." "Not once perceive their foul disfigurement But boast themselves more comely than before."

Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable. "This is a happier and more comely time Than when these fellows ran about the streets, Crying confusion." "It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely."

adverb

Comely adv. In a becoming manner.

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Etymology of 'Comely'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Comely" Quotes from Famous Books

... . . are generally tall, straight, well-built, and of singular proportion; they tread strong and clever, and mostly walk with a lofty chin. . . . Their eye is little and black, not unlike a straight-looked Jew. . . . I have seen among them as comely European-like faces of both sexes as on your side of the sea; and truly an Italian complexion hath not much more of the white, and the noses of several of them have as much of the Roman. . . . For their original, I am ready to believe ...

— The Antediluvian World • Ignatius Donnelly

... oatcake having been handed round, the bride, a short but comely young woman, set out with her father for the church, followed by her friends in couples. At the door of the church, which stood on the highest point in the parish, a centre of assault for all the winds that blew, they met the bridegroom and his party: the bride and he ...

— Malcolm • George MacDonald

... comely girl with a white apron pinned before her neat stuff gown, and a face as fresh and healthful ...

— The Astonishing History of Troy Town • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... south, east and west. He never fooled away his time at pigeons and traps; big game, where the betting was even, where the animal had almost the same chance as the man. He could be tolerably humorous upon occasions. The solemn cast to his comely face predestined ...

— A Splendid Hazard • Harold MacGrath

... into another parlor, and there he found a grave, comely young woman, seated working, with a child on the floor beside her. She rose quietly; he bowed low and respectfully; she blushed faintly; but, with every appearance of self-possession, courtesied to him; then eyed him point-blank a single ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 • Various

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