Seem"ly (?), a. [Compar.Seemlier (); superl. Seeliest.] [Icel. smiligr, fr. smr 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.
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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.
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