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comelily, adv. ? Obs.|ˈkʌmlɪlɪ| [f. comely a. + -ly2.] In a comely manner; prettily, decently, becomingly, suitably.
c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 974 He kysses hir comlyly. c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 847 (Fairfax MS.) I sawgh hyr daunce so comelely. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. 66 That al thinges be done comlily and according to order. 1666J. Smith Old Age (1752) 164 They [the muscles] become shorter and narrower than that a man can be comelily wrapped up in them. |