comely
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Old English cȳmlīċ, from cȳme (“fine, exquisite”).
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comely (comparative comelier, superlative comeliest)
- (of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
- The chief's name was To-jo, and his household consisted of seven females and himself. These women were much more comely, or rather less hideous than those of Tsa's people; one of them, even, was almost pretty, being less hairy and having a rather nice skin, with high coloring.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
