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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.
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Seemly
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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English semely < Old Norse sæmiligr honorable; derivative of sœmr (see seem)
1175–1225; Middle English semely < Old Norse sæmiligr honorable; derivative of sœmr (see seem)
Related forms
seem·li·ness, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. right, proper, appropriate, meet.
1, 2. right, proper, appropriate, meet.
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seemly
"of pleasing or good appearance," early 13c., from O.N. soemiligr, from soemr (see seem).
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