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comely

/kuhm-lee/US // ˈkʌm li //UK // (ˈkʌmlɪ) //

舒适的,舒适,乖巧的,乖巧

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    come·li·er, come·li·est.

    • : pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair: a comely face.
    • : proper; seemly; becoming: comely behavior.

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Examples

  • Our biggest network comedy stars have almost all had a trim figure and a comely face.

  • Shortly after midnight, she and her comely 21-year-old daughter, Beatrice, disappeared.

  • She turned her comely face to him and he saw smiles round her lips and laughter in her eyes.

  • Her comely face contrasted pleasantly with the full chin, which bore a trace of the commanding expression of her mother.

  • Not (one would say) from either his father or his mother, who were both, to judge from their portraits, very comely persons.

  • In due time Mr. Chittenden returned, accompanied by a comely mulatto woman about forty years of age.

  • The specimens of type and the woodcuts you have shown me promise a very comely little book.