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Definition of uncomely in English: uncomelyadjectiveʌnˈkʌmli humorous, archaic 1(especially of a woman) not attractive. she was nineteen and not uncomely Example sentencesExamples - I just loved the line ‘not uncomely face’, and as for the denial - well, let me say that Kei is not immune to that, either.
- The grotesque and uncomely horns that had jutted from the sides were now gone; golden swirls and designs replaced them on the new frame of the mirror.
- The mother notes Raskolnikov's stubborn nature, mentioning the story of Raskolnikov's insistence on marrying his landlady's uncomely and lame daughter, despite her objections.
- She knew that no man of Royal blood could ever want her uncomely daughter as his wife and she knew that Rachel hadn't the personality to attract a man simply for her thoughts.
- Though I have no true beauty, I am not uncomely, arrogant as it sounds, and I would have been so entirely flustered I would have embarrassed both myself and the young gentlemen.
- At the beginning of the film, her Toula is genuinely uncomely.
- He remembers how he liked her mostly because she was an invalid and quite uncomely.
- He wasn't sure whether to be thankful or outraged, but upon glimpsing the stranger's not uncomely face, Arron settled upon merely peeved.
- 1.1 Not agreeable or suitable.
Example sentencesExamples - Yes, there was to be a new Hedonism that was to re-create life, and to save it from that harsh, uncomely Puritanism that is having, in our own day, its curious revival.
- The trio treats their jittery dance-punk like a mad science experiment, haphazardly fusing club-ready basslines with uncomely electronic raucousness.
- Just so, she thought, I cleanse my heart of suspicion's uncomely stain!
- Such an uncomely house for a family as prominent as ours, I'll have you know.
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