comely

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"Grown a woman in beauty and in stature; comely--comely as a lady in a Watteau picture, my dear messieurs!"

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

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  1. Middle English comli, alteration (probably influenced by bicomli, seemly) of cumli, from Old English cȳmlic, lovely, delicate, from cȳme, beautiful.

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  1. Early modern English also cumlie; from Middle English comly, cumly, cumlich, from Anglo-Saxon cymlīc (= Middle Dutch komlick, komelīck = Middle High German komelīh, gomelīh), fit, comely, from cyme, fit, suitable, comely (from cuman, come), + -līc, -ly. For the thought, cf. become, suit, becoming, suitable, comely, and convenient, from Latin convenien(t-)s, agreeing, suitable, convenient, from convenire, come together: both become and convenient containing ult. the element come (= Latin venire): see become, convenient.
  2. from Middle English comely, comly, comliche, cumliche, from Anglo-Saxon cymlīce, adverb, from cymlīc, adjective: see comely, adjective
 

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/ˈkəmli/
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