SEEMLIEST
SEEMLY
becoming, comely, comme il faut, decorous, seemly
(adjective) 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”; “seemly behavior”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
seemliest
superlative form of seemly: most seemly
Anagrams
• messelite, semisteel, teleseism
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Definition: 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.]
Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition