comely
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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.
1.
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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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