comely
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As for the pictures, they’re shrouded in ominous shadows, but although the raven’s eyes burn like embers, the bird does nothing worse than cry “nevermore,” and Lenore, when she appears, looks downright comely.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Was she too fancy to have her dental work performed by a comely rattlesnake in the Badlands, as is custom in South Dakota?
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024
"You are the most comely girl at court," her father tells her.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2022
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2019
At this the grey-eyed goddess Athena left him and left that comely land, going over sea to Marathon, to the wide roadways of Athens and her retreat in the stronghold of Erekhtheus.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Vocabulary lists containing comely
"The Bet" by Anton Chekhov
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Much Ado About Nothing
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