Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒmlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | cǒmlī adv. Also cumli, comelich(e, cumeliche. |
| Etymology | Cp. cǒmlī adj. & OE cȳmlice. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Splendidly, beautifully, handsomely; gracefully; neatly; (b) fittingly, properly; well.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 In a fryht (Hrl 2253)12 : Comeliche y wol þe nou cleþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)51 : Þat semliche child..cloþed ful komly for ani kud kinges sone.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2220 : A cite nobul, enclosed comeliche a-boute wiþ fyn castel-werk.
- c1390 St.Greg.(Vrn)1046 : On bedde he felde hire be syde, Þat comelich was i sprad wiþ palle.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)18843 : Comli & faire his chyn he bare.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)259 : Your perle..Þat is in cofer so comly clente.
- a1450 Chaucer BD (Tan 346)848 : I saw her daunce so comly [vr. comelyly], Carole and synge so swetely.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)456 : Þar metis him þe qwene, Kyssis comly hire king.
- a1500 Eglam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)627 : Kyng nor dewke schalle me not have, Thowe he be comely cladd.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1707 : Men of armes..On coursers comly dight.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)44/22 : Feierlec & strengðe beoð hise schrudes..þet a cumeliche fearen & semliche sitten.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15209 : Quen þis hus was commli [vrr. comly, cumli] dight..Ihesus comme wit his felauscip.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)312 : Cleme hit [the ark] wyth clay comly wythin[n]e.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)648 : Þe knyȝt comlyche hade In þe more half of his schelde hir ymage depaynted.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1629 : Þat oþer knyȝt ful comly comended his dedez.
- a1450 Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)46 : Lettrit in lor, As cumli becomit for a quen.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1818 : Full comly folowed they theyr lorde.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)4.35 : Comliche a clerk þan comsid þe wordis.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)91/26 : The fourme of thay Pryuylegis, as thay wer endyted At Rome a-latyne, y may not comly sette in Englysh.