seemly
Valid in Scrabble
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/ˈsiːmli/
Definition of seemly
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
“His behavior was seemly, as befits a gentleman.”
“I am a woman, lacking wit / To make a seemly answer to such persons.”
“Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.”
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adj
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Of behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
“His behavior was seemly, as befits a gentleman.”
“I am a woman, lacking wit / To make a seemly answer to such persons.”
“Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.”
adv
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Appropriately, fittingly.
“The great earthes wombe they open to the sky, / And with sad Cypresse seemely it embraue [...].”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English semly, semely, semelich, from Old Norse sœmiligr (“seemly”); equivalent to seem + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic sæmilegur (“seemly, passable”), Danish sømmelig (“seemly”).
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