comeliness

[ kuhm-lee-nis ]

noun

1. the quality of being attractive or pleasing in appearance:

   Her friend, a middle-aged woman, had retained much of her youthful comeliness.

   In spite of their perceived lack of comeliness, ridgebacks are well known for their ability to hunt and guard.

2. the quality of being seemly or proper in behavior:

   The word in Arabic carries the meanings of virtue, beauty, goodness, comeliness, and “doing what is beautiful” all at once.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comeliness¹

comely ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Example Sentences

For this common sharing of a common comeliness among them there was a reason.

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He had considerable to show, for his tiny plantation was a model of thrift and comeliness.

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Men, she knew, did not make fools of themselves from a purely artistic appreciation of feminine comeliness.

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"Surely the price of the cloth wanted to perfect the comeliness of the garment cannot be much," said the vicar, almost woefully.

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His courage was gone, his garb was squalid, and the comeliness and clearness of his countenance was utterly obliterated.

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