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The definition of comely is an attractive person.

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Audrey Hepburn is an example of a comely woman.

See comely in Webster's New World College Dictionary

pleasant to look at; attractive; fair
Archaic seemly; decorous; proper

Origin: ME comli < OE cymlic < cyme, lovely, delicate, orig., feeble; akin to MHG kume, weak (Ger kaum, scarcely) < IE base *gou-, to cry out > Gr goaein, to groan, bewail

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comeliness noun

See comely in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective come·li·er, come·li·est

Pleasing and wholesome in appearance; attractive. See Synonyms at beautiful.
Suitable; seemly: comely behavior.

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Origin: Middle English comli

Origin: , alteration (probably influenced by bicomli, seemly)

Origin: of cumli

Origin: , from Old English cȳmlic, lovely, delicate

Origin: , from cȳme, beautiful

Related Forms:

comeˈli·ness noun

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