Seem"ly (?), a.
[Compar.Seemlier (&?;);
superl. Seeliest.] [Icel. s&?;miligr,
fr. s&?;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.
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.
Seem"ly (?), adv.
[Compar. Seemlier; superl.
Seemliest.] 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.
Seem"ly (?), a.
[Compar.Seemlier (&?;);
superl. Seeliest.] [Icel. s&?;miligr,
fr. s&?;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.
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.
Seem"ly (?), adv.
[Compar. Seemlier; superl.
Seemliest.] 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.
