FromMiddle Englishsemly,semely,semelich, fromOld Norsesœmiligr(“seemly”); equivalent toseem +-ly. Cognate withIcelandicsæmilegur(“seemly, passable”),Danishsømmelig(“seemly”).
seemly (comparativeseemlier,superlativeseemliest)
- (of behavior)Appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose;becoming.
His behavior wasseemly, as befits a gentleman.
1613 (date written),William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i]:I am a woman, lacking wit / To make aseemly answer to such persons.
1594–1597,Richard Hooker, edited byJ[ohn] S[penser],Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby[for Matthew Lownes], published1611,→OCLC,(please specify the page):Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer andseemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.
appropriate
- Armenian:պատշաճ (hy)(patšač)
- Bulgarian:пристоен (bg)(pristoen),подобаващ (bg)(podobavašt)
- Dutch:correct (nl),fatsoenlijk (nl),passend (nl),
- Esperanto:konvena
- Finnish:sovelias (fi)
- German:schicklich (de),anständig (de),gesittet (de),passend (de),vernünftig (de),korrekt (de),angebracht (de),angemessen (de)
- Gothic:𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐍆(gadōf)
- Italian:decente (it)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish:meqbûl (ku),maqûl (ku)
- Middle English:seme,semly
- Plautdietsch:sitlich
- Polish:odpowiedni (pl),właściwy (pl),stosowny (pl)
- Portuguese:decente (pt),adequado (pt)
- Spanish:ubicado (es),decente (es),adecuado (es)
- Swedish:passande (sv)
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seemly (comparativemoreseemly,superlativemostseemly)
- Appropriately,fittingly.
seemly
- Alternative form ofsemly
