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1. (adj.) seemly
fitting or proper; decorous:
Your outburst was hardly seemly.
2. seemly
suitable or appropriate:
a seemly gesture.
3. seemly
of pleasing appearance; handsome.
4. (adv.) seemly
in a seemly manner; fittingly; becomingly.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME semely < ON sæmiligr honorable)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly
according with custom or propriety
"her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. seemly
in a decent or suitable manner; becomingly
2. (verb) seemly
suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous
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Sense: (negativeunseemly) (of behaviour etc) suitable, proper or decent
seemly conduct.
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 Afrikaans: welvoeglike |
 Arabic: لائِق، مُناسِب |
 Bulgarian: пристоен |
 Brazilian: correto |
 Czech: slušný |
 German: schicklich |
 Danish: sømmelig |
 Greek: ευπρεπής, ταιριαστός |
 Spanish: decente |
 Estonian: sünnis |
 Farsi: شايسته |
 Finnish: asiallinen |
 French: convenable |
 Hebrew: נָאֶה, מַתאִים |
 Hindi: अच्छा, शोभनीय |
 Croatian: dolično, pristojno |
 Hungarian: ill(end)ő |
 Indonesian: patut |
 Icelandic: viðeigandi, sæmandi |
 Italian: conveniente |
 Japanese: きちんとした |
 Korean: 품위 있는, 단정한 |
 Lithuanian: tinkamas, prideramas |
 Latvian: atbilstošs; pieklājīgs |
 Malay: sopan |
 Dutch: gepast |
 Norwegian: sømmelig, passende |
 Polish: przyzwoity, właściwy |
 Persian: شايسته |
 Pashto: وړ، مناسب، سينګار شوى، ښك |
 Portuguese: correcto |
 Romanian: convenabil |
 Russian: подобающий, приличествующ |
 Slovak: vhodný, primeraný |
 Slovenian: primeren |
 Serbian: pristojan |
 Swedish: passande, tillbörlig |
 Thai: เหมาะเจาะ |
 Turkish: edebe uygun, nazik |
 Taiwanese: (行為)得體的 |
 Ukrainian: пристойний; підхожий |
 Urdu: معقول انداز میں |
 Vietnamese: lịch sự |
 Chinese: 得体的，适宜的 |
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