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Adjective: comely (comelier,comeliest)  kúm-lee
Usage: archaic
  1. Very pleasing to the eye
    "a comely face";
    - bonny [UK, dialect], bonnie [UK, dialect], fair, sightly, pretty
     
  2. According with custom or propriety
    "comely behaviour";
    - becoming, comme il faut, decorous, seemly

Derived forms: comelier, comeliest

See also: beautiful, proper

Encyclopedia: Comely, Richard