comely

Signification (Anglais)

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”).

Concepts

beau

avenant

raisonnable

joli

confortable

convenable

décent

gracieux

mignon

plaisant

agréable

ravissant

attrayant

bath

charmant

Opposé de

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

Synonymes

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

Traductions

lindo

anmutig

hübsch

güzel

lindo

bello

bevallig

welvoeglijk

atraente

decet

ansehnlich

formós

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkʌmli/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: comly

Hérité de ancien anglais: cymlīċ

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: komelick

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: gomelīh

Hérité de moyen anglais: comli

Hérité de ancien anglais: cȳme

Hérité de moyen anglais: -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