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Definition of Seemly
1. Adjective. According with custom or propriety. "Seemly behavior"
Similar to: Proper
Derivative terms: Becomingness, Decency, Decorousness, Decorum, Seemliness
Definition of Seemly
1. a. Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.
2. adv. In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.
Definition of Seemly
1. Adjective. (context: of behavior) Appropriate. ¹
2. Adverb. Appropriately, fittingly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seemly
1. of pleasing appearance [adj -LIER, -LIEST]
Medical Definition of Seemly
1. 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) Synonym: Becoming, fit, suitable, proper, appropriate, congruous, meet, decent, decorous. See:mlier; Seeliest] [Icel. Smiligr, fr. Smr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, E. Same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See Seem. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seemly
Literary usage of Seemly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1885)
"In heart who is the more seemly ? 10. In endurance who is the more approvable ?
i r. Who is not to be considered as faithful ? 12. ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Himself, the hoary seneschal, Rode forth, in seemly terms to call 8a VI Now,
noble dame, perchance you ask To keep the truce which here was set; ..."
3. The Musical World (1847)
"The element of this region is the sense for the seemly, which tact makes manifest,
and in the realization of which it celebrates its present activity. ..."
4. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1896)
"one's friends, seemly to entertain one's relations^ advantageous to entertain
rich neighbours. But these are not high motives for hospitality ; and we must ..."
5. Ruskin: A Study in Personality by Arthur Christopher Benson (1911)
"... was set upon the divine mystery, of which the bread on the gleaming dish and
the wine in the jewelled chalice were but the fair and seemly symbols. ..."
6. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"seemly LESSON OF VILLON TO THE GOOD-FOR-NAUGHTS. (Translated by John Payne.)
Fair sons, you're wasting, ere you're old, The fairest rose to you that fell. ..."
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