seemliness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English semelynes, semlynesse, equivalent to seemly + -ness.
Noun[edit]
seemliness (countable and uncountable, plural seemlinesses)
- (uncountable) The property of being seemly, appropriateness of conduct or behavior.
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “ch. 10”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- Her black dress, simple to austerity, suggested her bereaved condition, and I was innocently astonished that notwithstanding a real emotion she was able to dress the part she had to play according to her notions of seemliness.
- (countable) The result or product of being seemly.
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Translations[edit]
the property of being seemly