Meaning & use
comely
Pleasant to look at, especially in a wholesome or modest way; attractive.
See it in a sentence
The old novel describes the innkeeper's daughter as comely and quick-witted.
He was struck by her comely appearance the moment she walked into the hall.
A note on using this word
Comely is old-fashioned or literary and rarely used in modern conversation; it suggests a gentle, modest kind of beauty rather than glamour.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
unattractiveplain
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