comely

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (literary, poetic) Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.
2. (literary, poetic) Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.
3. (literary, poetic) Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.
4. (literary, obsolete, poetic) Pleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant.

Verb

To embellish or grace (something).

Adv

Synonym of comelily (“in a comely manner: in an attractive or pleasing manner; in a manner which meets accepted moral or social norms”).

Teenoorgestelde van

homely, uncomely, attractive, beautiful, comely, good-looking, handsome, nice, pretty, improper, inappropriate, unbecoming, unseemly, suitable, pleasant

Sinonieme

beautiful

handsome

good-looking

pretty

attractive

fair

shapely

personable

elegant

decent

lovely

decorous

becoming

graceful

goodly

trim

comme il faut

charming

pleasant

dishy

seemly

gorgeous

bonnie

bonny

debonair

cute

exquisite

sightly

dainty

neat

nice

fine

ravishing

relaxing

relishable

resplendent

savory

savoury

smart

spark plug

spiffy

splendiferous

spruce

stylish

symmetrical

tidy

toothsome

trig

winsome

zest

Vertalings

lindo

anmutig

bello

güzel

lindo

hübsch

bevallig

beau

carino

joli

welvoeglijk

raisonnable

ansehnlich

decet

avenant

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkʌmli/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: comly

Geërf van Old English: cymlīċ

Verwante met Middle Dutch: komelick

Verwante met Middle High German: gomelīh

Geërf van Middle English: comli

Geërf van Old English: cȳme

Geërf van Middle English: -li

In summary

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.
Cognates
Middle Dutch komelick, komlick
Middle High German gomelīh, komelīh