EGAVE

comely

About 0.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking. Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.
    a comely woman
  2. adjective Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.
    a comely woman
  3. adjective Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc.: meeting accepted moral or social norms; appropriate, becoming, proper.
  4. adjective Of a thing: beautiful, elegant, well-composed; also, delicate, fine.
  5. adjective Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant.
  6. verb To embellish or grace (something).
  7. adverb Synonym of comelily (“in a comely manner: in an attractive or pleasing manner; in a manner which meets accepted moral or social norms”).

Similar words

fair beautiful decorous comme il faut seemly decent proper becoming bonny bonnie

Often followed by

and young in face woman as to person youth

Word family

comelier comeliest comeliness comelinesses

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