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Definition of Seemliness
1. Noun. A sense of propriety and consideration for others. "A place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace"
Generic synonyms: Correctitude, Properness, Propriety
Derivative terms: Gracious, Seemly
Antonyms: Unseemliness
Definition of Seemliness
1. n. The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.
Definition of Seemliness
1. Noun. The property of being seemly, appropriateness of conduct or behavior. ¹
2. Noun. The result or product of being seemly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seemliness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Seemliness
Literary usage of Seemliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. England: With Sketches of Society in the Metropolis by James Fenimore Cooper (1837)
"seemliness of England.—Close Corporations. — Copyright.—English Literature.—Works
of Sir Walter Scott.—Mr. Sotheby. — Mr. Coleridge. — Commodore Rodgers. ..."
2. England, with sketches of society in the metropolis by James Fenimore Cooper (1837)
"seemliness of England.—Close Corporations. — Copyright.—English Literature.—Works
of Sir Walter Scott.—Mr. Sotheby. — Mr. Coleridge. — Commodore Rodgers. ..."
3. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"4 Grace, seemliness comeliness of mien, carriage: ^JT ЧТО^Т 44 ri To come.
2 То be come. 3 To draw near. 4 To come unto ; ie to be known unto. ..."
4. A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace (1896)
"If, then, the essence of virtue is strong and vigorous, seemliness will ...
seemliness, therefore, which stands conspicuous has a twofold division.6 For ..."
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