About The Word Comely
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Comely
| Comely Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Comely?
[adj] very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
[adj] according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" Synonyms | Synonyms for Comely: beautiful | becoming | bonnie | bonny | comme il faut | decent | decorous | fair | proper | seemly Related Terms | Find terms related to Comely: agreeable | amply endowed | appealing | appropriate | apt | attractive | beauteous | beautiful | becoming | befitting | bonny | braw | built | built for comfort | buxom | callipygian | callipygous | civilized | clean | clean-cut | comme il faut | conforming | correct | curvaceous | curvy | fair | felicitous | fit | fitting | goddess-like | good-looking | goodly | handsome | happy | inspired | Junoesque | just | likely | lovely | lovely to behold | neat | nice | personable | pleasing | pneumatic | presentable | pretty | proper | pulchritudinous | seemly | shapely | sightly | slender | stacked | statuesque | trim | well-built | well-chosen | well-expressed | well-favored | well-formed | well-made | well-proportioned | well-put | well-shaped | well-stacked | wholesome | winsome See Also | Comely In Webster's Dictionary \Come"ly\ (k[u^]m"l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Comelier}; superl.
{Comeliest}.] [OE. comeliche, AS. cyml[=i]c; cyme suitable
(fr. cuman to come, become) + l[=i]c like.]
1. 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. --South.
Not once perceive their foul disfigurement But boast
themselves more comely than before. --Milton.
2. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
This is a happier and more comely time Than when
these fellows ran about the streets, Crying
confusion. --Shak.
It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is
pleasant; and praise is comely. --Ps. cxlvii.
1.
\Come"ly\, adv. In a becoming manner. --Ascham. |
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