Comely vs Aesthetic - What's the difference?
comely | aesthetic | Related terms |
(dated, of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
* South
* Milton
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , Chapter IX
(archaic) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Psalms cxlvii. 1
Concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.
* 1881 , , Act I:
Comely is a related term of aesthetic.
As adjectives the difference between comely and aesthetic
is that comely is (dated|of a person) pleasing or attractive to the eye while aesthetic is concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.As a noun aesthetic is
the study of art or beauty.comely
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Adjective
(en-adj)- He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young.
- Not once perceive their foul disfigurement / But boast themselves more comely than before.
- The chief's name was To-jo, and his household consisted of seven females and himself. These women were much more comely , or rather less hideous than those of Tsa's people; one of them, even, was almost pretty, being less hairy and having a rather nice skin, with high coloring.
- This is a happier and more comely time / Than when these fellows ran about the streets, / Crying confusion.
- It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely .
Synonyms
* pulchritudinousAntonyms
* (of a person) homelyDerived terms
* comelinessaesthetic
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Alternative forms
* *Adjective
(en adjective)- It works well enough, but the shabby exterior offends his aesthetic sensibilities.
- If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line as a man of culture rare,
You must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms, and plant them everywhere.