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Webster 1913 Edition

Comeliness

Come′li-ness

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Noun.
[See
Comely
.]
The quality or state of being comely.
Comeliness
is a disposing fair
Of things and actions in fit time and place.
Sir J. Davies.
Strength,
comeliness
of shape, or amplest merit.
Milton.
Comeliness
signifies something less forcible than beauty, less elegant than grace, and less light than prettiness.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Comeliness

COMELINESS

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Noun.
That which is becoming, fit or suitable, in form or manner. Comeliness of person implies symmetry or due proportion of parts; comeliness of manner implies decorum and propriety. It signifies something less forcible than beauty, less elegant than grace, and less light than prettiness.
A careless comeliness with comely care.
He hath no form nor comeliness. Is. 53:2.

Definition 2024

comeliness

comeliness

English

Noun

comeliness ‎(usually uncountable, plural comelinesses)

  1. beauty, attractiveness

Synonyms

Etymology

comely +‎ -ness ‎(“the quality of being”)

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