Seemly (sēml&ybreve_;), a. [Compar.Seemlier (sēml&ibreve_;&etilde_;r); superl. Seeliest.] [Icel. sæmiligr, fr. sæmr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, E. same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See Seem, v. i.] Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.
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He had a seemly nose. Chaucer.
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I am a woman, lacking wit
To make a seemly answer to such persons. Shak.
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Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies. Hooker.
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Syn. -- Becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous; meet; decent; decorous.
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