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comely

'kʌmli7 senses · 125 ms
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adj/ˈkʌmli/
  1. 1

    Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.; Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.literarypoetic

    • a comely woman
  2. 2

    Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.; Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc.: meeting accepted moral or social norms; appropriate, becoming, proper.literarypoetic

    • I neuer tempted her vvith vvord too large, / But as a brother to his ſiſter, ſhevved / Baſhfull ſinceritie, and comelie loue.
    • This is a happier and more comely time, / Then vvhen theſe Fellovves ran about the ſtreets, / Crying Confuſion.
  3. 3

    Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.; Of a thing: beautiful, elegant, well-composed; also, delicate, fine.literarypoetic

    • In ſhootinge at the prickes, haſtye and quicke drawinge is neyther ſure nor yet comely.
  4. 4

    Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant.literaryobsoletepoetic

    • Oh hovv comely it is and hovv reviving / To the Spirits of juſt men long oppreſt! / VVhen God into the hands of thir deliverer / Puts invincible might
    • [T]hey said many kind and comely things about the people they had met.
verb/ˈkʌmli/
  1. 1

    To embellish or grace (something).literaryobsoletepoetic

    • One diligent seruiture, skilfull to waight, / more comelieth thy table than other some eight, / That stand for to listen, or gasing about, / not minding their dutie, within nor without.
adv/ˈkʌmli/
  1. 1

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

    • So ſlides he dovvne vppon his greyned bat [i.e., a walking stick]; / And comely diſtant ſits he by her ſide, […]
    • So may men praiſe their Preacher, he ſpeaks pertinently, or he contrives vvittily, or he ſpeaks comely, […]

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