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comely 音标拼音: [k'ʌmli] a. 清秀的,标致的,美丽的 清秀的,标致的,美丽的 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" [ synonym: { 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" [ synonym: { bonny}, { bonnie}, { comely}, { fair}, { sightly}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] Not once perceive their foul disfigurement But boast themselves more comely than before. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable. [ 1913 Webster] This is a happier and more comely time Than when these fellows ran about the streets, Crying confusion. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. -- Ps. cxlvii. 1. [ 1913 Webster]
Comely \ Come" ly\, adv. In a becoming manner. -- Ascham. [ 1913 Webster] 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
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