different between polished vs comely

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: p?l??sht, IPA^(key): /?p?l??t/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?l??sht, IPA^(key): /?p?l??t/
• Hyphenation: pol?ished

Adjective

polished (comparative more polished, superlative most polished)

1. Made smooth or shiny by polishing.

2. Refined, elegant.

   • She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

polished

1. simple past tense and past participle of polish

Anagrams

• depolish, lodeship

English

Alternative forms

• cumlie, comly (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English comly, cumly, cumlich, from Old English cyml??, c?ml?? (compare Old English c?me (“fine, exquisite”), from Proto-Germanic *k?miz (“delicate”)), from Proto-Germanic *k?mal?kaz (“pitiful, dear”). Cognate with Middle Dutch komlick, komelick, Middle High German komel?h, gomel?h.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?mli/

Adjective

comely (comparative comelier or more comely, superlative comeliest or most comely)

1. (dated, of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.

   Synonym: pulchritudinous

   Antonym: (of a person) homely

   • , "Adam in Paradise"

     He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young.
2. (archaic) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.

Derived terms

• comeliness

Translations

Anagrams

• Comley