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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024seem•ly /ˈsimli/USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est, - fitting;
suitable;
appropriate:Your outburst during church was hardly seemly.
seem•li•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024seem•ly (sēm′lē),USA pronunciation adj., -li•er, -li•est, adv. adj. - fitting or becoming with respect to propriety or good taste;
decent;
decorous:Your outburst of rage was hardly seemly. - suitable or appropriate;
fitting:a seemly gesture. - of pleasing appearance;
handsome.
adv. - in a seemly manner;
fittingly;
becomingly.
- Old Norse sæmiligr honorable; derivative of sœmr (see seem)
- Middle English semely 1175–1225
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged right, proper, appropriate, meet.
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