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comeliche, AS. cymlic; cyme suitable + 1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good- looking; handsome. He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young. South. Not once perceive their foul

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comeliche, AS. cymlic; cyme suitable + 1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good- looking; handsome. He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young. South. Not once perceive their foul disfigurement But boast themselves more comely than before. Milton. 2. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable. This is a happier and more comely time Than when these fellows ran about the streets, Crying confusion. Shak. It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. Ps. cxlvii. 1.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COMELY)

• Becoming
• Beseeming
• neat
• fit
• proper
• decorous
• comely
• seemly
• befitting
• graceful
• decent
• suitable
• improving
• Handsome
• Comely
• good-looking
• generous
• liberal
• beautiful
• ample
• pretty
• lovely
• elegant
• Picturesque
• scenic
• artistic
• pictorial
• graphic

Related words: (words related to COMELY)

• BEAUTIFUL
  Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames. Syn. -- Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful;
• IMPROVISATRICE
  See IMPROVVISATRICE
• BESEEMING
  1. Appearance; look; garb. I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming. Shak. 2. Comeliness. Baret.
• COMELY
  comeliche, AS. cymlic; cyme suitable + 1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good- looking; handsome. He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young. South. Not once perceive their foul
• LIBERALIZE
  To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.
• GRACEFUL
  Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech. High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. Dryden. -- Grace"ful*ly, adv. Grace"ful*ness, n.
• AMPLENESS
  The state or quality of being ample; largeness; fullness; completeness.
• IMPROVER
  One who, or that which, improves.
• HANDSOMELY
  Carefully; in shipshape style. (more info) 1. In a handsome manner.
• IMPROVABILITY
  The state or quality of being improvable; improvableness.
• SCENIC; SCENICAL
  Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical. All these situations communicate a scenical animation to the wild romance, if treated dramatically. De Quincey.
• BECOME
  happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional
• LIBERALISTIC
  Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.
• IMPROVIDENTLY
  In a improvident manner. "Improvidently rash." Drayton.
• GOOD-LOOKING
  Handsome.
• IMPROVISION
  Improvidence. Sir T. Browne.
• PRETTYISM
  Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. Ed. Rev.
• IMPROVIDED
  Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared. All improvided for dread of death. E. Hall.
• IMPROVISER
  One who improvises.
• GRAPHICNESS; GRAPHICALNESS
  The quality or state of being graphic.
• INDECOROUSNESS
  The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.
• PETROGRAPHIC; PETROGRAPHICAL
  Pertaining to petrography.
• STEREOGRAPHIC; STEREOGRAPHICAL
  Made or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a stereographic chart of the earth. Stereographic projection , a method of representing the sphere in which the center of projection is taken in the surface of the
• UNBECOMING
  Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.
• PENTAGRAPHIC; PENTAGRAPHICAL
  Pantographic. See Pantograph.
• UNEXAMPLED
  Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.
• PHOTOGRAPHIC; PHOTOGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to photography; obtained by photography; used ib photography; as a photographic picture; a photographic camera. -- Pho`to*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. Photographic printing, the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically
• UNSEEMLY
  Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne.
• PHYTOGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to phytography.
• STEREOGRAPHICALLY
  In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
• ILLIBERALISM
  Illiberality.
• EPIGRAPHIC; EPIGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as, an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies.
• HETEROGRAPHIC
  Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic.
• CONGENEROUS
  Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. Sir T. Browne. -- Con*gen"er*ous*ness, n. Hallywell.
• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.