comeliness
/'kʌmlinis/
Definition
Noun: 1. The quality of being good-looking and attractive; physical beauty. This refers to an appealing and pleasant appearance. 2. The quality of being agreeable and suitable; propriety. This is a more formal or archaic meaning referring to appropriateness in behavior or manner.
Examples of Usage
- Referring to physical attractiveness:
- The comeliness of the landscape took my breath away.
- Her comeliness was not just in her features, but in her graceful movements.
- Referring to propriety (less common):
- The comeliness of his conduct was noted by all the elders.
Advanced Usage
- The word comeliness is more formal and less common in everyday modern speech than synonyms like "beauty" or "attractiveness." It often carries a slightly old-fashioned or literary tone.
- It can be used to describe both people and things (e.g., scenery, art).
Variants and Related Words
- Comely (adjective): Good-looking or attractive.
- Uncomely (adjective): Not attractive or not proper. (Archaic)
Synonyms
- Beauty: The most general synonym for a combination of qualities that pleases the aesthetic senses.
- Attractiveness: The quality of being appealing or pleasing.
- Loveliness: A gentle and graceful beauty.
- Pulchritude: A formal, sometimes poetic, word for physical beauty.
- Prettiness: Pleasing and attractive in a delicate way.
Antonyms
- Plainness: Lack of beauty or distinction.
- Ugliness: The quality of being unpleasant or repulsive to look at.
- Unattractiveness: Lack of appeal.
Notes on Meaning
The primary and most frequent contemporary meaning of comeliness is the first one: physical attractiveness. The second meaning (propriety) is now rare and considered archaic. When encountered in modern texts, it almost always refers to aesthetic appeal.
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the quality of being good looking and attractive
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