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Webster 1913 Edition
Uncomely
Un-come′ly
,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)
- Not comely.
Adverb
uncomely (comparative more uncomely, superlative most uncomely)
- 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 [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xi: