Comely
['kʌmlɪ] or ['kʌmli]
Definition
(superl.) Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.
(superl.) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
(adv.) In a becoming manner.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Becoming, fitting, suitable, seemly, decorous, decent.[2]. Symmetrical, graceful, handsome, beautiful, PRETTY.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Seemly, graceful, elegant, shapely, suitable, fitting, handsome, decent,becoming
ANT:Unseemly, ungraceful, inelegant, unshapely
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Definition
adj. pleasing: graceful: handsome.—adv. in a comely manner.—n. Come′liness.
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Examples
- She is captive unto those men of Belial, and they will wreak their cruelty upon her, sparing neither for her youth nor her comely favour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They are all comely of countenance, and exceedingly neat and cleanly; they look as if they were just out of a band-box. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was a fine creature, this man of the old English soil--simple, straight, and gentle, with his great, earnest blue eyes and broad, comely face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I grieve for the maiden, for she is of fair and comely countenance,--I beheld her in the lists of Ashby. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- What a face she had--so comely--so insolent and so selfish! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She is very comely, with the beauty indigenous to this country. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was Amelia, but how changed from the fresh and comely girl Osborne knew. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She is a comely and a good woman now. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She lost her colour, and the old and intent expression was a constant, not an occasional, thing; otherwise, she remained very pretty and comely. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He is not a very quick-witted youth, though comely to look at and, I should think, sound at heart. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Well, you look it, and Jo's eye plainly betrayed that she found her boy comelier than ever. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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