adjective · rare

comely

come·ly

comely · comelier · comeliest

правий, прямий, правильний

правый, прямой, правильный

richtig, recht, gerade

Attractive; visually pleasing; good-lookingAttractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.: Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.

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/ˈkʌmli/

» Sami has fallen hard for a comely co-worker.

Meaning

4 senses

Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.
(literary, poetic)Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.
a comely woman
ansehnlich, hübsch
пригожийprigožij
(literary, poetic)Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc.: meeting accepted moral or social norms; appropriate, becoming, proper.
(literary, poetic)Of a thing: beautiful, elegant, well-composed; also, delicate, fine.
(literary, obsolete, poetic)Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant.

More definitions

according with custom or propriety
very pleasing to the eye

Examples

5 sentences

Sami has fallen hard for a comely co-worker.
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For lo, the ewe goat was comely in appearance, hence the shepherd knew her twice upon the hill.
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Shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.
ruПокажи мне лицо твоё, дай мне услышать голос твой; потому что голос твой сладок и лицо твоё приятно.
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Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold: the daughters run to and fro upon the wall.
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And Joseph was of a beautiful countenance, and comely to behold.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome, lovely:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome, lovely:

Origin

The adjective is derived from Middle English comly, comli, cumly, cumlich (“of a person: b

The adjective is derived from Middle English comly, comli, cumly, cumlich (“of a person: beautiful, handsome, etc.; of noble birth, bearing, or character; of behaviour: appropriate, becoming; of an event: convenient; favourable; of a thing: beautiful, wonderful; fitting, proper”), from Old English cymlīċ, cȳmlīċ (“beautiful, comely; splendid; convenient”), from cȳme (“beautiful, comely; splendid; exquisite, fine”) + -līċ (suffix meaning ‘like; relating to’ forming adjectives). Cȳme is derived from Proto-Germanic *kūmiz (“delicate; feeble”), from *kūmalīkaz (“dear; pitiful”), probably related to *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“pitiful; frail, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, name; to call on, invoke; to cry, cry out”). The word was influenced by come (verb).

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