uncomely
Etymology 1

From Middle English uncomli, uncomelich, uncumelich, unkumelich, equivalent to un- + comely.

Adjective

uncomely (comparative uncomelier, superlative uncomeliest)

  1. Not comely.
Etymology 2

From Middle English uncomly, uncomli, from the adjective (see above).

Adverb

uncomely

  1. In an uncomely way; inappropriately, unappealingly.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC ↗:
      The first troupe was a monstrous rablement / Of fowle misshapen wights, of which some were / Headed like Owles, with beckes vncomely bent […]



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