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Webster 1913 Edition


Uncomely

Un-come′ly

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Adj.
Not comely.
adv
.
In an uncomely manner.
1 Cor. vii. 36.

Webster 1828 Edition


Uncomely

UNCOMELY

,
Adj.
1.
Not comely; wanting grace; as an uncomely person; uncomely dress; uncomely manners.
2.
Unseemly; unbecoming; unsuitable.

Definition 2024


uncomely

uncomely

English

Adjective

uncomely (comparative uncomelier, superlative uncomeliest)

  1. Not comely.

Adverb

uncomely (comparative more uncomely, superlative most uncomely)

  1. In an uncomely way; inappropriately, unappealingly.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xi:
      The first troupe was a monstrous rablement / Of fowle misshapen wights, of which some were / Headed like Owles, with beckes vncomely bent [...].