How do you use Seemly in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like becoming or comely, plus the exact meaning.
Seemly meaning
Of behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
Using Seemly
- The main meaning on this page is: Of behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
- Useful related words include: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent.
Context around Seemly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Seemly
- In this selection, "seemly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, scarce, positive and jesting stand out and add context to how "seemly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the seemly positive pro and bernysdale that seemly is to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "seemly" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with seemly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Third tale (VI, 3) Monna Nonna de' Pulci by a ready retort silences the scarce seemly jesting of the Bishop of Florence. (22 words)
That report, which is under review, is seemly what has brought on a stream of newspaper leaks of what has been going on. (23 words)
A Gest of Robyn Hode states that the outlaw built a chapel in Barnsdale that he dedicated to Mary Magdalene, :I made a chapel in Bernysdale, :That seemly is to se, :It is of Mary Magdaleyne, :And thereto wolde I be. (41 words)
Not just the counter-Brexit intrigues, but all the seemly positive, pro-Brexit developments, all done just to appear as though something was happening by puppets who knew they were supposed to fail, and willing to do so to keep their places at the trough. (45 words)
A Gest of Robyn Hode states that the outlaw built a chapel in Barnsdale that he dedicated to Mary Magdalene, :I made a chapel in Bernysdale, :That seemly is to se, :It is of Mary Magdaleyne, :And thereto wolde I be. (41 words)
That report, which is under review, is seemly what has brought on a stream of newspaper leaks of what has been going on. (23 words)
Example sentences (4)
Not just the counter-Brexit intrigues, but all the seemly positive, pro-Brexit developments, all done just to appear as though something was happening by puppets who knew they were supposed to fail, and willing to do so to keep their places at the trough.
That report, which is under review, is seemly what has brought on a stream of newspaper leaks of what has been going on.
A Gest of Robyn Hode states that the outlaw built a chapel in Barnsdale that he dedicated to Mary Magdalene, :I made a chapel in Bernysdale, :That seemly is to se, :It is of Mary Magdaleyne, :And thereto wolde I be.
Third tale (VI, 3) Monna Nonna de' Pulci by a ready retort silences the scarce seemly jesting of the Bishop of Florence.