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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|semly}}, {{m|enm|semely}}, {{m|enm|semelich}}, from {{der|en|non|sœmiligr|t=seemly}}; equivalent to {{suf|en|seem|ly|id2=adjectival}}. Cognate with {{cog|is|sæmilegur|t=seemly, passable}}, {{cog|da|sømmelig|t=seemly}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsiːmli/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seemly.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er}}

# {{lb|en|of behavior}} [[appropriate|Appropriate]]; suited to the occasion or purpose; [[becoming]].
#: {{ux|en|His behavior was '''seemly''', as befits a gentleman.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 8|III|i|passage=I am a woman, lacking wit / To make a '''seemly''' answer to such persons.}}
#* {{RQ:Hooker Laws
|passage=Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and '''seemlier''' for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|apposite}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|unseemly}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|seemlihead}}
* {{l|en|seemlily}}
* {{l|en|seemliness}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|appropriate}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|պատշաճ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пристоен}}, {{t+|bg|подобаващ}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|correct}}, {{t+|nl|fatsoenlijk}}, {{t+|nl|passend}},
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|konvena}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sovelias}}
* German: {{t+|de|schicklich}}, {{t+|de|anständig}}, {{t+|de|gesittet}}, {{t+|de|passend}}, {{t+|de|vernünftig}}, {{t+|de|korrekt}}, {{t+|de|angebracht}}, {{t+|de|angemessen}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐍆}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|decente}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|meqbûl}}, {{t+|kmr|maqûl}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|seme}}, {{t|enm|semly}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|sitlich}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|decente}}, {{t+|pt|adequado}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|ubicado}}, {{t+|es|decente}}, {{t+|es|adecuado}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|passande}}
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===Adverb===
{{en-adv}}

# [[appropriately|Appropriately]], [[fittingly]].
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|II|i|passage=The great earthes wombe they open to the sky, / And with sad Cypresse '''seemely''' it embraue [...].}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eelmsy|Emleys|Mesley|Semley}}

{{C|en|Human behaviour}}

==Middle English==

===Adjective===
{{head|enm|adjective}}

# {{alt form|enm|semly}}