comely

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As for the pictures, they’re shrouded in ominous shadows, but although the raven’s eyes burn like embers, the bird does nothing worse than cry “nevermore,” and Lenore, when she appears, looks downright comely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

And it actually worked, thanks to its comely co-stars and a little help — OK, a lot of help — from TikTok.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Was she too fancy to have her dental work performed by a comely rattlesnake in the Badlands, as is custom in South Dakota?

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

Described as "the most comely woman in the Seven Kingdoms," Hightower has both "courtly grace and a keen political acumen."

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2020

She knew him slightly— one of Bronze Yohn's sons, comely in a rough-hewn way, a tourney warrior of some renown.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin