comely

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌmli/ Rhymes: -ʌmli Hyphenation: come‧ly === Etymology 1 === The adjective is derived from Middle English comly, comli, cumly, cumlich (“of a person: beautiful, handsome, etc.; of noble birth, bearing, or character; of behaviour: appropriate, becoming; of an event: convenient; favourable; of a thing: beautiful, wonderful; fitting, proper”), from Old English cymlīċ, cȳmlīċ (“beautiful, comely; splendid; convenient”), from cȳme (“beautiful, comely; splendid; exquisite, fine”) + -līċ (suffix meaning ‘like; relating to’ forming adjectives). Cȳme is derived from Proto-Germanic *kūmiz (“delicate; feeble”), from *kūmalīkaz (“dear; pitiful”), probably related to *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“pitiful; frail, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, name; to call on, invoke; to cry, cry out”). The word was influenced by come (verb). The verb is derived from the adjective. ==== Adjective ==== comely (comparative comelier or more comely, superlative comeliest or most comely) (chiefly literary or poetic) Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking. Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome. Synonyms: pulchritudinous; see also Thesaurus:beautiful Antonyms: homely, uncomely; see also Thesaurus:ugly Of a person, an action, behaviour, etc.: meeting accepted moral or social norms; appropriate, becoming, proper. Synonyms: agreeable, seemly; see also Thesaurus:suitable Antonyms: improper, inappropriate, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable Of a thing: beautiful, elegant, well-composed; also, delicate, fine. Antonym: uncomely (obsolete) Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant. Synonyms: gratifying; see also Thesaurus:pleasant Antonyms: see Thesaurus:unpleasant ===== Alternative forms ===== comly, cumlie (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== comely (third-person singular simple present comelies, present participle comelying, simple past and past participle comelied) (transitive, obsolete, rare) To embellish or grace (something). === Etymology 2 === From Middle English comli, cumly, cumeliche (“beautifully, handsomely; gracefully; splendidly; fittingly, properly; well”), from Old English cȳme (adjective) (see etymology 1) + Middle English -li (suffix forming adverbs). ==== Adverb ==== comely (comparative more comely, superlative most comely) (archaic) Synonym of comelily (“in a comely manner: in an attractive or pleasing manner; in a manner which meets accepted moral or social norms”). Antonym: (obsolete) uncomely ===== Derived terms ===== uncomely (adverb) (obsolete) ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Comley