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Seem·ly a. [Compar.Seemlier superl. Seeliest.] 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.
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seemly
adj : according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty";
"comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a
gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent
burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely,
comme il faut, decent, decorous]
[also: seemliest, seemlier]