Category:Seemly

Seem"ly, a. [compar.Seemlier (superl. Seeliest.] Etym: [icel. s, Fr. s becoming, fit; akin to samr same, e. same; the sense being Properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See seem, v. i.]

Defn: 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.

Syn. -- becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous; meet; Decent; decorous.

Seemly Seem"ly, adv. [compar. Seemlier; superl. Seemliest.]

Defn: 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.