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seemlinesses

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seem⋅ly

  [seem-lee] adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est, adverb
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–adjective
1. fitting or becoming with respect to propriety or good taste; decent; decorous: Your outburst of rage was hardly seemly.
2. suitable or appropriate; fitting: a seemly gesture.
3. of pleasing appearance; handsome.
–adverb
4. in a seemly manner; fittingly; becomingly.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME semely < ON sæmiligr honorable; deriv. of sœmr (see seem )

Related forms:
seem⋅li⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. right, proper, appropriate, meet.
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Word Origin & History

seemly  (adj.)
"of pleasing or good appearance," c.1225, from O.N. soemiligr, from soemr (see seem).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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