comely
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Is comely a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant.Examples: "Oh hovv comely it is and hovv reviving / To the Spirits of juſt men long oppreſt! / VVhen God into the hands of thir deliverer / Puts invincible might"; "[T]hey said many kind and comely things about the people they had met."Synonyms: gratifying, acceptable, agreeable, amiable, charming, comely, nice, pleasantAntonyms: pleasantliteraryobsoletepoetic
verb (English)
1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To embellish or grace (something).Examples: "One diligent seruiture, skilfull to waight, / more comelieth thy table than other some eight, / That stand for to listen, or gasing about, / not minding their dutie, within nor without."literaryobsoletepoeticraretransitive
adv (English)
1. (archaic) Synonym of comelily (“in a comely manner: in an attractive or pleasing manner; in a manner which meets accepted moral or social norms”).Examples: "So ſlides he dovvne vppon his greyned bat [i.e., a walking stick]; / And comely diſtant ſits he by her ſide, […]"; "T'is very good to vvaſh his hands and face often, to haue faire linnen about him, to be decently and comely attired, for ſordes vitiant, naſtineſſe defiles, & deiects any man that is ſo voluntarily, or compelled by vvant, it dulleth the ſpirits."; "So may men praiſe their Preacher, he ſpeaks pertinently, or he contrives vvittily, or he ſpeaks comely, […]"Synonyms: comelilyAntonyms: uncomelyarchaicliterarypoetic
Definition source: Wiktionary