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Dictionary: Un·come·ly

a.

Not comely. -- adv. In an uncomely manner. 1 Cor. vii. 36.


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adjective

    Not handsome or beautiful: homely, plain, unattractive, unlovely. Idioms: not much for looks, not much to look at, short on looks. See beautiful/ugly.

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.

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Meaning #1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
  Synonyms: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unseemly, untoward


 
 
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