Defn: Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility. Sir K. Digby.
SEEMLESS
Seem"less, a.
Defn: Unseemly. [Obs.] Spenser.
SEEMLILY
Seem"li*ly, adv.
Defn: In a seemly manner. [Obs.]
SEEMLINESS
Seem"li*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.
SEEMLY Seem"ly, a. [Compar.Seemlier (; superl. Seeliest.] Etym: [Icel. s, fr. s becoming, fit; akin to samr same, E. same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See Seem, v. i.]
Defn: 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.