comely.

Attractive in a pleasant or agreeable way, especially of a person.

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Words that belong together

• comely face
• comely figure

On the page

A comely face looked back from the weathered portrait.

The narrator described a comely figure without noticing the work behind the expression.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more comely; superlative most comely where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.