Antonyms for comely

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhm-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌm li

Definition of comely

Origin : "beautiful, handsome," c.1400, probably from Old English cymlic "lovely, splendid, finely made," from cyme "exquisite, glorious, delicate," from West Germanic *kumi- "delicate, feeble" (cf. Old High German chumo "with difficulty," chumig "weak, delicate;" German kaum "hardly, scarcely"). Or perhaps the modern word is from Middle English bicumelic (c.1200) "suitable, exquisite," literally "becomely" (cf. becoming).

adj beautiful

Example sentences :

Her comely face was slightly flushed, doubtless with the exercise of walking.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Of all the sons of the plain, the bravest, and the most comely, was Edwin.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

His face was comely as a damsel's, his eyes blue and his hair golden.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

Assuredly he will die of it—and he so young, Peppino, and so comely to behold!
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

No one could get on terms with those fresh and comely young monsters!
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

Of course, aught should serve here that were decent and comely.
Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt

Both were comely, with delicate features full of sensibility.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

But there is no spur so galling as the derisive smile of a comely young woman.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

Miss Flora was a comely leddy ance, as a' the Rothesays were.
Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

She was then in her fourteenth year, and tall and comely to see.
Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker

Synonyms for comely

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