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▪ I. unˈcomely, a.
[un-1 7.]
1. Not pleasing or agreeable to the moral sense or to notions of propriety; unbecoming, improper, unseemly.
c1230Hali Meid. 25 As tah ha nefden wit in ham ne tweire schead as mon haueð, ba of god & of uuel, of cumelich & of uncumelich [v.r. vnkumelich]. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. x. 180 Hit is an vn-Comely Couple..To ȝeuen a ȝong wenche to an old feble Mon. a1400Sir Degrev. 1638 The body syttys opon the hors, Hyt was uncomely to the cors. 1538Starkey England 52 He..began to persuade the rest..to forsake that rudnes & vncomly lyfe. 1583Babington Commandm. (1590) 271 Whereunto for an other inticement to vncleannes, wee may referre all vndecent and vncomely pictures. 1622in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 459 All such reasons are uncomely and unchristian to be objected. 1653A. Wilson Jas. I, 39 If any man speaks any thing uncomely there, the Chancellour..interrupts him. a1683Owen Two Discourses Holy Spirit ii. iv. (1693) 169 Uncomely Artifices of intreiguing Secular Courts. 1759Robertson Hist. Scot. App. x, To avoid broad and uncomely speech.
2. Not pleasing or agreeable to the senses; not comely or fair to look upon. Also absol.
a1400Octavian 884 Clement broght forthe schylde and spere, That were uncomely for to were, Alle sutty, blakk, and unclene. 1513More Hist. Rich. III, Wks. 36/2 In hys later dayes with ouer liberall diet, sommewhat corpulente and boorelye, and nathelesse not vncomelye. 1531Elyot Gov. i. xi, We se, that therof..the childrens personages do waxe uncomely and lasse growe in stature. 1607Markham Cavel. iv. (1617) 36 To make horses amble without either marring their mouthes, vnsetling their heads, or breeding any other vncomely disorders. 1611Bible 1 Cor. xii. 23 Our vncomely parts haue more abundant comlinesse. 1710Steele Spect. No. 17 ⁋1 Since our Persons are not of our own Making, when they are such as appear Defective or Uncomely, it is, methinks, an honest and laudable Fortitude to dare to be Ugly. 1824Byron Def. Transf. i. i, Your aspect is Dusky, but not uncomely. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xvi, Mrs. Poole's square, flat figure, and uncomely, dry, even coarse face. 1866Whittier Margaret Smith's Jrnl. 12 Nov. 1678, Charity..maketh the weak strong and the uncomely beautiful.
▪ II. † unˈcomely, adv. Obs.
[un-1 11.]
In an uncomely manner; unsuitably, unbecomingly.
c1375Cursor M. 891 (Fairf.), Worme þou sal be vncumly diȝt, mare þan any oþer wiȝt. c1420Anturs of Arth. 106 (Douce MS.), Bare was þe body, and..Al bi-clagged in clay, vncomly cladde. c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) A ij, A man with hoare heres vncomely doth incline To misframed fables or gesture feminine. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 300 Will noman chastice this feloe here uncomely demeanyng hymself? 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. iii. §9 The great Ladie..would needs haue him carie her little Dogge, which he doing officiously, and yet vncomely, the Page scoffed. 1619Fletcher & Mass. False One iii. i, 'Tis most uncomely spoken. |