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uncomely


adjective, come·li·er, come·li·est.

  1. pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair: a comely face.
  2. proper; seemly; becoming: comely behavior.

adjective -lier or -liest

  1. good-looking; attractive

adj.“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).

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