American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1

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Author: Noah Webster

Comely

COMELY, a.

1. Properly, becoming; suitable: whence, handsome; graceful. Applied to person or form, it denotes symmetry or due proportion, but it expresses less than beautiful or elegant.

I have seen a son of Jesse--comely person. 1 Sam 16.

I will not conceal his comely proportion. Job 41.

2. Decent; suitable; proper; becoming; suited to time, place, circumstances or persons.

Praise is comely for the upright. Psa 33.

It is comely that a woman pray to God uncovered? 1 Cor 11.

O what a world is this, when what is comely envenoms him that bears it.

COMELY, adv. Handsomely; gracefully.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Comely," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 18, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=94QSACUQDYS59Z9.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Comely." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 18 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=94QSACUQDYS59Z9.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Comely' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 18 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=94QSACUQDYS59Z9.