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How are the words 'comely' and 'handsome' related as synonyms of 'beautiful'?
Comely is like handsome in suggesting what is coolly approved rather than emotionally responded to.
// the comely grace of a dancer
How do 'lovely' and 'beautiful' relate to one another?
Lovely is close to beautiful but applies to a narrower range of emotional excitation in suggesting the graceful, delicate, or exquisite.
// a lovely melody
How does the adjective 'beautiful' differ from other similar words?
Some common synonyms of beautiful are comely, fair, handsome, lovely, and pretty. While all these words mean "exciting sensuous or aesthetic pleasure," beautiful applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the senses.
// beautiful mountain scenery
I can't think of a single word for near-perfect, but there are many that describe a beautiful woman.
Elegant, gorgeous, ideal, lovely, stunning, radiant, exquisite, fair, fetching, delicate, divine, dazzling, enticing, enthralling, magnificent, resplendent, mesmerizing, charming, captivating, adorable, alluring.
From @Graffito: Superb, majestic, marvelous, sumptuous, admirable
You could always describe her many appealing features in succession followed by a single imperfection to convey the idea better. Or preface one of the listed words with near-*
Hope this helps!
I always liked exquisite, that would seem to be in the ballpark