- 1. v. i. Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous. Source: opted
- 2. superl. In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly. Source: opted
- 3. adj. according with custom or propriety Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. 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. Source: webster
- 5. 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 seemlierfor Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.Hooker. Source: adambom
- 6. r:66/j:34 s according with custom or propriety Source: ecdict
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