seemly

Speech parts

1. seemly - Adjective

2. seemly - Verb

3. seemly - Adverb

5. seemly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.

In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

becoming decorous comely meet proper appropriate suitable fit decent apposite congruous comme il faut bonnie right good
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Antonyms

unseemly blue unbecoming poor bad wrong
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Derivatives

seemlier seemliest

Anagrams

Mesley Semley

Examples

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow. Aristotle

I must be free... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting. Thomas Edward Brown

It was not seemly to raise your flags on the minarets. Anthony Burgess

Not beauty, not nobility, Not fortune will suffice to raise a wife To highest honour and esteem if she Neglects to lead a chaste and seemly life. Ludovico Ariosto

It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair. Homer

All loved Art in a seemly way With an earnest soul and a capital A. James Jeffrey Roche

Close letter words and terms

seemlihood seemlily seemliness seemlyhed seemlyhood Seems like