What's the difference between comely and resplendent?

Comely


Definition:

  • (superl.) Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.
  • (superl.) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
  • (adv.) In a becoming manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We examined the karyotype in five individuals of roe-deer (Capreolus capreolus), coming from Southern Moravia.
  • (2) But when he speaks, the crowds who have come together to make a stand against government corruption and soaring fuel prices cheer wildly.
  • (3) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
  • (4) The dramas are part of the BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow's plans for her "unashamedly intelligent" channel over the coming months.
  • (5) It comes in defiant journalism, like the story televised last week of a gardener in Aleppo who was killed by bombs while tending his roses and his son, who helped him, orphaned.
  • (6) We’ve spoken to them on the phone and they’ve all said they just want to come home.” A total of 93 pupils from Saint-Joseph were on the trip.
  • (7) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
  • (8) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
  • (9) That's why the big dreams have come from the smaller candidates such as the radical left's Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
  • (10) We could do with similar action to cut out botnets and spam, but there aren't any big-money lobbyists coming to Mandelson pleading loss of business through those.
  • (11) Couples in need of help will be "encouraged" to come to a private agreement.
  • (12) But the Franco-British spat sparked by Dave's rejection of Angela and Nicolas's cunning plan to save the euro has been given wings by news the US credit agencies may soon strip France of its triple-A rating and is coming along very nicely, thank you. "
  • (13) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
  • (14) We knew it would be a strange match because they had to come out and play to win to finish third,” Benitez said afterwards.
  • (15) Sheez, I thought, is that what the revolutionary spirit of 1789 and 1968 has come to?
  • (16) The move comes as a poll found that 74% of people want doctors to be allowed to help terminally ill people end their lives.
  • (17) After friends heard that he was on them, Brumfield started observing something strange: “If we had people over to the Super Bowl or a holiday season party, I’d notice that my medicines would come up short, no matter how good friends they were.” Twice people broke into his house to get to the drugs.
  • (18) At the weekend the couple’s daughter, Holly Graham, 29, expressed frustration at the lack of information coming from the Foreign Office and the tour operator that her parents travelled with.
  • (19) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
  • (20) Only an extensive knowledge of the various mechanisms and pharmacologic agents that can be used to prevent or treat these adverse reactions will allow the physician to approach the problem scientifically and come to a reasonable solution for the patient.

Resplendent


Definition:

  • (a.) Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Thomas brings Khalil and his forever-changed friend Starr back to life in resplendent color.
  • (2) There was the Cenotaph resplendent, spotlessly clean.
  • (3) With the headline "A very British revolution", the Times writes: In the May sunshine, on resplendent Downing Street lawns, an improbable lightness accompanied the serious business of turning Britain around.
  • (4) Now she only needed to wait, resplendent atop her chariot.
  • (5) On a clear day, the Firth of Clyde looks resplendent from here, basking “gaily in the sunny beam”.
  • (6) What appeared was Humphrey Carpenter, resplendent in an outrageous frock and an even more outrageous wig and make-up.
  • (7) In her wake will travel a flotilla of 1,000 boats decorated in streamers and flags, their crews resplendent in their finest rigs.
  • (8) A year-round destination, Yosemite is resplendent but often crowded in the summer; winter transforms the park into a quiet snowy paradise.
  • (9) The wall is resplendent with cartoons, including an excellent caricature of Trumpers smoking a cigar, drawn when she received her Oldie of the Year award from the Oldie magazine in 2012.
  • (10) Still a popular tourist destination for its literary connection, the child-friendly Spoon made its own headlines by adding grey squirrel to a menu already resplendent with braised pork leg and organic Arctic char.
  • (11) The truth seems to be that Haffey put his afternoon's experience down solely to the commanding resplendence of Haynes and his artful lieutenant Jimmy Greaves, who scored a hat-trick.
  • (12) Milan are resplendent in their gold number while Atlético are wearing their red and white stripes.
  • (13) Success is at our door, but it is not yet won.” Fabius, speaking in his resplendent office in France’s foreign ministry, was in ebullient mood.
  • (14) And up on stage, resplendent in silver Stetsons and zebra-striped rodeo suits, Los Tigres sing about the spectacular demise of Mexican drug smuggler Manuel Atillano.
  • (15) For Lizzie Armitstead this has been a heady spring, resplendent in the world champion’s rainbow stripes and notching up a hit-rate of victories that is astonishing, taken as a proportion of races started.
  • (16) Photograph: Alamy Seoul is an ancient city resplendent with Unesco-listed buildings.
  • (17) This former residence of politician, polymath and billionaire hoarder the 17th Marquis of Cerralbo, has resplendent rooms jammed with ancient artefacts, priceless masters, oriental curios and an armoury worthy of a warlord.
  • (18) Unlike the aforementioned Rosie, of course, who on Tuesday, wearing only her pants, was resplendent the entire length of the paper's front page, appearing again on Page 3, showing a nipple, as a lovely surprise.
  • (19) At times Mandela, in a trademark batik silk shirt, and his wife, resplendent in yellow, exchanged words and held hands like any elderly couple in the theatre stalls.
  • (20) The first photograph that McCullin had printed in the Observer was a 1958 picture of a north London gang called "The Guv'nors" – a group of teddy boys resplendent in their exaggerated, smart clothes, rising through and out of a bomb-damaged building.