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If you call a woman comely, you are saying she is attractive to look at — but in an old, gentle way. The picture is a pleasant, face, not a fashion-magazine one.
If you call a woman comely如果你說一個女人comely you are saying你是在說 she is attractive to look at她好看 but in an old, gentle way但用老派、溫柔的方式 The picture is這裡的畫面是 a pleasant, seemly face一張討喜、端正的臉 not a fashion-magazine one不是時尚雜誌那種臉
The word is literary and rather old. in books might use it; teenagers almost never do.
The word is這個字 literary and rather old文謅謅、有點老派 Grandparents in books書裡的老一輩人 might use it可能會用 teenagers almost never do青少年幾乎不會用
Though actually, it could once describe men, and even behaviour that was fitting and proper, but the meaning students will meet is almost always “nice to look at,” and almost always about a woman.
Though actually不過其實 it could once describe men它以前也可以形容男人 and even behaviour that was fitting and proper甚至形容得體、恰當的行為 but the meaning students will meet但學生會遇到的意思 is almost always nice to look at幾乎都是「好看」 and almost always about a woman而且幾乎都是在說女人
It is a compliment, but a dated one: say it to a person today and you may sound as if you have out of an old story.
It is a compliment這是稱讚 but a dated one但是過時的稱讚 say it to a person today今天對一個人這樣說 and you may sound as if you have stepped out of an old story聽起來可能像從舊故事裡走出來一樣
It is not related to the verb come.
It它 is not related to the verb come跟動詞come（來）沒有關係
組成From Old English cymlīċ, from cȳme (beautiful) + -līċ (like). Not from the verb come.
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- comelinessthe noun; the quality of being comely
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
comelyadj詞源 1/ˈkʌmli/
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literaryAttractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.
- a comely woman
- Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, / But boaſt themſelves more comely than before
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literaryAttractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.
- Doth any contumely vvhich vvee ſuſtaine for religions ſake pierce ſo deeply as […] vvhen they […] trample vnder foote almoſt vvhatſoeuer either vvee or the vvhole Church of God by the ſpace of ſo many ages haue beene accuſtomed vnto for the comlier and better exerciſe of our religion according to the ſoundeſt rules that vviſedome directed by the vvord of God and by long experience confirmed hath beene able vvith common aduice, vvith much deliberation and exceeding great diligence to comprehende; […]
- I neuer tempted her vvith vvord too large, / But as a brother to his ſiſter, ſhevved / Baſhfull ſinceritie, and comelie loue.
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literaryAttractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.
- In ſhootinge at the prickes, haſtye and quicke drawinge is neyther ſure nor yet comely.
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obsoleteliteraryPleasing to the feelings or senses; agreeable, nice, pleasant.
- Oh hovv comely it is and hovv reviving / To the Spirits of juſt men long oppreſt! / VVhen God into the hands of thir deliverer / Puts invincible might
- [T]hey said many kind and comely things about the people they had met.
comelyverb詞源 1/ˈkʌmli/
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obsoleterareliteraryTo embellish or grace (something).
- One diligent seruiture, skilfull to waight, / more comelieth thy table than other some eight, / That stand for to listen, or gasing about, / not minding their dutie, within nor without.
comelyadv詞源 2/ˈkʌmli/
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archaicliterarySynonym of comelily (“in a comely manner: in an attractive or pleasing manner; in a manner which meets accepted moral or social norms”).
- So ſlides he dovvne vppon his greyned bat [i.e., a walking stick]; / And comely diſtant ſits he by her ſide, […]
- T'is very good to vvaſh his hands and face often, to haue faire linnen about him, to be decently and comely attired, for ſordes vitiant, naſtineſſe defiles, & deiects any man that is ſo voluntarily, or compelled by vvant, it dulleth the ſpirits.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。