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Definition of Seemly

Seemly
Seemly Seem"ly, adv. [Compar. Seemlier; superl. Seemliest.] In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly. Suddenly a men before him stood, Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad, As one in city or court or place bred. --Milton.
Seemly
Seemly Seem"ly, a. [Compar.Seemlier; superl. Seeliest.] [Icel. s?miligr, fr. s?mr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, E. same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See Seem, v. i.] Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous. He had a seemly nose. --Chaucer. I am a woman, lacking wit To make a seemly answer to such persons. --Shak. Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies. --Hooker. Syn: Becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous; meet; decent; decorous.

Meaning of Seemly from wikipedia

- Seemly was an unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office is closed. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names...
- October 2008. Tax, Jeremiah (16 January 1984). "An In-depth Look At Both The Seemly And Seamy Sides Of Avery Brundage". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the...
- Prize-winning poet Boris Pasternak. Saitiev repeated Pasternak's poem, "It is not seemly to be famous," before every match, and according to Saitiev, the poem defined...
- Hebrew: ראוי, romanized: rāʾûi, lit. 'seen' borrowed the sense "worthy, seemly" from Aramaic ḥzî "seen, worthy". New Testament Gr**** preserves some semiticisms...
- was a man free in speech, so far as he could express his mind, and of a seemly carriage. We questioned him of many things; he was the first savage we could...
- other only after a peace treaty had been agreed, and thereafter "it is not seemly for them to make war upon each other". The two therefore never met, although...
- that he dedicated to Mary Magdalene: I made a chapel in Bernysdale, That seemly is to se, It is of Mary Magdaleyne, And thereto wolde I be. Davis indicates...
- photographs in a catalog for Abercrombie & Fitch. Questioned as to the seemliness of a major intellectual writing ad copy, Žižek told The Boston Globe,...
- This noun conveys the meaning of doing something great which is ****ing or seemly to the cir****stance. Magnificence is a philosophical, aesthetic, and socio-economic...
- been dedicated long ago by Himself in honour of His Mother, and it was not seemly that it should be re-dedicated by human hands". So David instead commissioned...