Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEEM-LY
SEEM-LY, a. [G. ziemlich; D. taamelyk; Dan. sömmelig.]
Becoming; fit; suited to the object, occasion, purpose or character; suitable. Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men, than the hot pursuit of these controversies. – Hooker. Honor is not seemly for a fool. Prov. xxvi.
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