comely
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Perhaps, in an alternate timeline, Cadillac’s comely and contemporary, two-row SUV might have struggled to find a wider audience.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
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
Described as "the most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms," Hightower has both "courtly grace and a keen political acumen."
From Salon • Dec. 12, 2020
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
Among mountaineers and other connoisseurs of geologic form, Everest is not regarded as a particularly comely peak.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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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