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
The comely couple, who wed in 2015, announced earlier this week that they had “made the difficult decision to divorce.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2023
"You are the most comely girl at court," her father tells her.
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2022
Meanwhile guests were arriving at the great lord’s house, bringing their sheep, and wine, the ease of men, with loaves their comely kerchiefed women sent, to make a feast in hall.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Vocabulary lists containing comely
"The Bet" by Anton Chekhov
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