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SEEMLY (seemlier, seemliest)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seemly mean?
• SEEMLY (adjective)
The adjective SEEMLY has 1 sense:
1. according with custom or propriety
Familiarity information: SEEMLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
According with custom or propriety
Synonyms:
becoming; comely; comme il faut; decorous; seemly
Context example:
seemly behavior
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Derivation:
seemliness (a sense of propriety and consideration for others)
Context examples
When he got into the room, the king’s daughter said: “Take your cap off, it is not seemly to keep it on in my presence.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Is that seemly?
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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