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comely

Pronunciation: /ˈkʌmli/

The English word “comely” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.
  2. Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc.: meeting accepted moral or social norms; appropriate, becoming, proper.
  3. Of a thing: beautiful, elegant, well-composed; also, delicate, fine.
  4. Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant.

verb

  1. To embellish or grace (something).

adverb

  1. Synonym of comelily (“in a comely manner: in an attractive or pleasing manner; in a manner which meets accepted moral or social norms”).

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Middle English comly, comli, cumly, cumlich (“of a person: beautiful, handsome, etc.; of noble birth, bearing, or character; of behaviour: appropriate, becoming; of an event: convenient; favourable; of a thing: beautiful, wonderful; fitting, proper”), from Old English cymlīċ, cȳmlīċ (“beautiful, comely; splendid; convenient”), from cȳme (“beautiful, comely; splendid;…

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