Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COME'LY, a. [cum'ly; From come. The sense of suitableness is often from meeting, coming together, whence adjusting, putting in order. So in Latin, conveniens, from convenio.]

1. Properly, becoming; suitable; whence, handsome; graceful. Applied to person or form, it denotes symmetry or due proportion, but it expresses less than beautiful or elegant. I have seen a son of Jesse … a comely person. – 1 Sam. xvi. I will not conceal his comely proportion. – Job xli.
2. Decent; suitable; proper; becoming; suited to time, place, circumstances or persons. Praise is comely for the upright. – Ps. xxxiii. Is it comely that a woman pray to God uncovered? – 1 Cor. xi. O what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it. – Shak.