comely

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
comely
    adj 1: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming
           modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for
           a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent
           burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: {becoming}, {comely},
           {comme il faut}, {decent}, {decorous}, {seemly}]
    2: very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny
       bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" [syn:
       {bonny}, {bonnie}, {comely}, {fair}, {sightly}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Comely \Come"ly\ (k[u^]m"l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Comelier}; superl.
   {Comeliest}.] [OE. comeliche, AS. cyml[imac]c; cyme suitable
   (fr. cuman to come, become) + l[imac]c like.]
   1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned;
      good-looking; handsome.
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            He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was
            very beautiful when he was young.     --South.
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            Not once perceive their foul disfigurement
            But boast themselves more comely than before.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
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            This is a happier and more comely time
            Than when these fellows ran about the streets,
            Crying confusion.                     --Shak.
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            It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is
            pleasant; and praise is comely.       --Ps. cxlvii.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Comely \Come"ly\, adv.
   In a becoming manner. --Ascham.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "comely":
      Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, appealing, appropriate, apt,
      attractive, beauteous, beautiful, becoming, befitting, bonny, braw,
      built, built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous,
      civilized, clean, clean-cut, comme il faut, conforming, correct,
      curvaceous, curvy, fair, felicitous, fit, fitting, goddess-like,
      good-looking, goodly, handsome, happy, inspired, just, likely,
      lovely, lovely to behold, neat, nice, personable, pleasing,
      pneumatic, presentable, pretty, proper, pulchritudinous, seemly,
      shapely, sightly, slender, stacked, statuesque, trim, well-built,
      well-chosen, well-expressed, well-favored, well-formed, well-made,
      well-proportioned, well-put, well-shaped, well-stacked, wholesome,
      winsome

    

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