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Lovely vs Comely - What's the difference?

lovely | comely |

As adjectives the difference between lovely and comely

is that lovely is beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner while comely is pleasing or attractive to the eye.

As a noun lovely

is an attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.

lovely

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lovely, luvelich, lufli, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)
  • Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
    • It's a lovely day and the sun is shining.
    The music box plays a lovely melody.
    The castle garden enchants visitors with its lovely blooms.
  • * Robert of Brunne
    • Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely .
  • Very nice, wonderful.
    • It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend.
  • (obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a most lovely gentlemanlike man
  • (obsolete) Loving, filled with love.
  • * Chaucer
    • Many a lovely look on them he cast.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a lovely kiss
    Synonyms
    * lovable * lovesome * loving
    Derived terms
    * lovelily * loveliness
    Related terms
    * loverly * lovingly

    Noun

    (lovelies)
  • An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.
    • a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis
    • Goodbye, my lovely .
  • A lovely object. (rfex)
    • Synonyms
    * pretty, darling

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) lovely, loflik, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Worthy to be praised.

    • Anagrams

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    comely

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (dated, of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
  • * South
    • He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young.
  • * Milton
    • Not once perceive their foul disfigurement / But boast themselves more comely than before.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), , Chapter IX
    • 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.
  • (archaic) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
  • * Shakespeare
    • This is a happier and more comely time / Than when these fellows ran about the streets, / Crying confusion.
  • * Bible, Psalms cxlvii. 1
    • It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely .

    Synonyms

    * pulchritudinous

    Antonyms

    * (of a person) homely

    Derived terms

    * comeliness