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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1822
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†COMELY, adj. Well-behaved. This sense is arch. or obs. in Eng.; last quot. in N.E.D. 1725.Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie III. xx.:
Her son Willy, that's so douce and comely in the kirk, . . . is gaun intill Glasgow to learn to be a minister.
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"Comely adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 6 Apr 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/comely>
