comely

Meaning

Adjective

Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.

Origin

From Middle English comly, cumly, cumlich, from Old English cymlīċ, cȳmlīċ (compare Old English cȳme, from Proto-Germanic *kūmiz ("delicate")), from Proto-Germanic *kūmalīkaz. Cognate with Middle Dutch komlick, komelick, Middle High German komelīh, gomelīh.

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