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seemly
(encz) | seemly,korektní Jaroslav Šedivý |
seemly
(encz) | seemly,přiměřený Jaroslav Šedivý |
seemly
(encz) | seemly,slušný Jaroslav Šedivý |
Seemly
(gcide) | Seemly \Seem"ly\ (s[=e]m"l[y^]), a. [Compar.Seemlier
(s[=e]m"l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Seeliest.] [Icel.
s[ae]miligr, fr. s[ae]mr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, E.
same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence,
fitting. See Seem, v. i.]
Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character;
suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.
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He had a seemly nose. --Chaucer.
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I am a woman, lacking wit
To make a seemly answer to such persons. --Shak.
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Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer
and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of
these controversies. --Hooker.
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Syn: Becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous;
meet; decent; decorous.
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Seemly
(gcide) | Seemly \Seem"ly\ (s[=e]m"l[y^]), adv. [Compar. Seemlier;
superl. Seemliest.]
In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.
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Suddenly a men before him stood,
Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad,
As one in city or court or place bred. --Milton.
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seemly
(wn) | seemly
adj 1: 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" [syn: becoming, comely,
comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly] |
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seemly
(encz) | seemly,korektní Jaroslav Šedivýseemly,přiměřený Jaroslav Šedivýseemly,slušný Jaroslav Šedivý |
unseemly
(encz) | unseemly,nemístně adv: Zdeněk Brožunseemly,nevhodně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Beseemly
(gcide) | Beseemly \Be*seem"ly\, a.
Fit; suitable; becoming. [Archaic]
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In beseemly order sitten there. --Shenstone.
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Seemlyhed
(gcide) | Seemlyhed \Seem"ly*hed\ (s[=e]m"l[y^]*h[e^]d), n. [See -hood.]
Comely or decent appearance. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. Spenser.
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Unseemly
(gcide) | Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, a.
Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.
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An unseemly outbreak of temper. --Hawthorne.
[1913 Webster]Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, adv.
In an unseemly manner.
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seemly
(wn) | seemly
adj 1: 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" [syn: becoming, comely,
comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly] |
unseemly
(wn) | unseemly
adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right
or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a
lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their
untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous,
unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward] |
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