What is the meaning of comely?

According with custom or propriety.
- usage: "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"
- synonyms: becoming, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly
Very pleasing to the eye.
- usage: "my bonny lass"; "there's a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens"
- synonyms: bonny, bonnie, fair, sightly

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