seemliness
- a word derived from seemly.
Example Sentences
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Whatever my misgivings about the 680 SL’s seemliness, I soon met a lady who convinced me I was wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Lynne Sagalyn, an emeritus professor at Columbia Business School who has written on redevelopment, dismissed questions of seemliness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2019
But with modern notions of seemliness, these pieces were discreetly removed from exhibition catalogues.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2016
And don’t worry about the seemliness of the thing.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2015
Oh, I knew it well, who had believed in grieving's seemliness; I knew it as well as she—Clytie—knew it.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
