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comeliness

/kuhm-lee-nis/US // ˈkʌm li nɪs //

舒适性,舒适度,礼节性,礼貌

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality of being attractive or pleasing in appearance:Her friend, a middle-aged woman, had retained much of her youthful comeliness.In spite of their perceived lack of comeliness, ridgebacks are well known for their ability to hunt and guard.
    • : the quality of being seemly or proper in behavior:The word in Arabic carries the meanings of virtue, beauty, goodness, comeliness, and “doing what is beautiful” all at once.

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Examples

  • For this common sharing of a common comeliness among them there was a reason.

  • He had considerable to show, for his tiny plantation was a model of thrift and comeliness.

  • Men, she knew, did not make fools of themselves from a purely artistic appreciation of feminine comeliness.

  • "Surely the price of the cloth wanted to perfect the comeliness of the garment cannot be much," said the vicar, almost woefully.

  • His courage was gone, his garb was squalid, and the comeliness and clearness of his countenance was utterly obliterated.