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comely

[ kuhm-lee ]
/ ˈkʌm li /
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adjective, come·li·er, come·li·est.
pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair: a comely face.
proper; seemly; becoming: comely behavior.

OPPOSITES FOR comely

1 unattractive.
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Origin of comely

First recorded before 1000; Middle English cumli, Old English cȳmlīc “lovely,” equivalent to cȳme “exquisite” (cognate with Middle High German kūme “weak, tender,” German kaum (adverb) “with difficulty,” Old High German kūmo ) + -līc -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM comely

come·li·ly, adverbcome·li·ness, nounun·come·ly, adjective

Words nearby comely

come in handy, come in out of the rain, know enough to, come into, comeliness, Come live with me and be my love, comely, Comenius, come of, come of age, come off, come off it
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Words related to comely

good-looking, winsome, attractive, beauteous, becoming, blooming, buxom, fair, fine, gorgeous, graceful, handsome, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, stunning, wholesome

How to use comely in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for comely

comely
/ (ˈkʌmlɪ) /
adjective -lier or -liest
good-looking; attractive

Derived forms of comely

comeliness, noun

Word Origin for comely

Old English cӯmlīc beautiful; related to Old High German cūmi frail, Middle High German komlīche suitably
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