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seemliness

noun

Etymology

From Middle English semelynes, semlynesse, equivalent to seemly + -ness.

  1. inherited from semelynes

Definitions

  1. The property of being seemly, appropriateness of conduct or behavior.

    • Her black dress, simple to austerity, suggested her bereaved condition, and I was innocently astonished that notwithstanding a real emotion she was able to dress the part she had to play according to her notions of seemliness.

  2. The result or product of being seemly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for seemliness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA