comelily
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English comelili, comlily, comlyli, comlyly; equivalent to comely + -ly.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editcomelily (comparative more comelily, superlative most comelily)
- In a comely manner.
- Synonym: (archaic) comely
- In an attractive or pleasing manner; attractively, beautifully, handsomely, pleasingly.
- In a manner which meets accepted moral or social norms; appropriately, becomingly, properly.
- 1610, John Robinson, A Justification of Separation from the Church of England:
- a convenient place in which the church may conveniently, and comelily meet together, not a stable, or swine-stye