Comely

a.	1.	Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome. He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young. - South. Not once perceive their foul disfigurement But boast themselves more comely than before. - Milton.
	2.	Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable. This is a happier and more comely time Than when these fellows ran about the streets, Crying confusion. - Shak. It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. - Ps. cxlvii. 1.
adv.	1.	In a becoming manner.

Adj.	1.	comely - according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" Synonyms: becoming, comme il faut, seemly, decent, decorous
	2.	comely - very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" Synonyms: bonnie, bonny, fair

Junoesque, agreeable, amply endowed, appealing, appropriate, apt, attractive, becoming, befitting, bonny, braw, built, built for comfort, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, civilized, clean, clean-cut, comme il faut, conforming, correct, curvaceous, curvy, fair, felicitous, fit, fitting, goddess-like, good-looking, goodly, handsome, happy, inspired, just, likely, lovely to behold, neat, nice, personable, pleasing, pneumatic, presentable, proper, pulchritudinous, seemly, shapely, sightly, slender, stacked, statuesque, trim, well-built, well-chosen, well-expressed, well-favored, well-formed, well-made, well-proportioned, well-put, well-shaped, well-stacked, wholesome, winsome

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