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uncomely en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English uncomli, uncomelich, uncumelich, unkumelich, equivalent to un- + comely.

Meanings

1. Homely; unattractive.
   • The ghost of a demure smile flickered about her mouth as she complied, and in that moment her face seemed less uncomely. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

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Deriveds

uncomelily · uncomeliness

uncomely en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English uncomly, uncomli, from the adjective (see above).

Meanings

1. In an uncomely way; inappropriately, unappealingly.
   • 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, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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