1. seemly - Adjective
2. seemly - Verb
3. seemly - Adverb
5. seemly - Adjective Satellite
Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.
In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe 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