- the quality of being attractive or pleasing in appearance:Her friend, a middle-aged woman, had retained much of her youthful comeliness.In spite of their perceived lack of comeliness, ridgebacks are well known for their ability to hunt and guard.
- the quality of being seemly or proper in behavior:The word in Arabic carries the meanings of virtue, beauty, goodness, comeliness, and “doing what is beautiful” all at once.