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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. according with custom or propriety;
- Example: "her becoming modesty"
- Example: "comely behavior"
- Example: "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"
- Example: "a decent burial"
- Example: "seemly behavior"
[syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly]

2. very pleasing to the eye;
- Example: "my bonny lass"
- Example: "there's a bonny bay beyond"
- Example: "a comely face"
- Example: "young fair maidens"
[syn: bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly]



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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Comely \Come"ly\, adv.
   In a becoming manner. --Ascham.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

comely
    adj 1: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming
           modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for
           a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent
           burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely,
           comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly]
    2: very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny
       bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" [syn:
       bonny, bonnie, comely, fair, sightly]


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