Comely Definition

kŭmlē
comelier, comeliest
adjective
comelier, comeliest
Pleasant to look at; attractive; fair.
Webster's New World
Seemly; decorous; proper.
Webster's New World

(of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.

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Other Word Forms of Comely

Adjective

Base Form:
comely
Comparative:
comelier
Superlative:
comeliest

Origin of Comely

  • Middle English comli alteration (probably influenced by bicomli seemly) of cumli from Old English cȳmlic lovely, delicate from cȳme beautiful

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English cȳmlīċ, from cȳme (“fine, exquisite”).

    From Wiktionary

Comely Sentence Examples

  • She is very comely, with the beauty indigenous to this country.

  • I could not bear to arrest so lively, so comely a process.

  • In particular, when faced with a large group of comely wenches, the surprise and joy on his face was a picture.

  • In person she is comely, dressed in a slovenly picturesque way with curly hair flying about in all directions.

  • Upon this Gilpin prepared for martyrdom; and, having ordered his house-steward to provide him with a long garment, that he might "goe the more comely to the stake," he set out for London.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

Words Ending With

YLYELY

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Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

Starts With C & Ends With YStarts With CO & Ends With YStarts With C & Ends With LY

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With Y