comeliness
Americannoun
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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.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of comeliness
Example Sentences
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As an adult, he is played by Jacob Elordi, an excellent match for Ms. Robbie, both in comeliness and star power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
The Reedy Creek Improvement District, governed by a board hand-picked by Disney, kept the site in manicured comeliness for more than a half-century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Ms. Surya smartly foregrounds all that comeliness and every so often folds in a long shot that turns the characters into doll-like figures, a downsizing that gestures toward a nature vs. culture dynamic, maybe.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2018
Most dung fungi are *not* known for their, er, comeliness.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 5, 2012
The leaves and bracts are quite viscid, and have a rather rank, unpleasant odor; but the flowers are not without a certain comeliness.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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