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Seemly
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.
Synonyms: Becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous; meet; decent; decorous.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
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.