KJV Dictionary Definition: seemliness

seemliness

SEE'MLINESS, n. from seemly. Comliness; grace; fitness; propriety; decency; decorum.

When seemliness combines with portliness. Camden.

seemly

SEE'MLY, a. Becoming; fit; suited to the object, occasion, purpose or character; suitable.

Suspense of judgement and excercise 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. 26.

SEE'MLY, adv. In a decent or suitable manner.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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