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seemliness

/seem-lee/US // ˈsim li //UK // (ˈsiːmlɪ) //

貌合神离,貌似,洁净度,貌美如花

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    seem·li·er, seem·li·est.

    • : fitting or becoming with respect to propriety or good taste; decent; decorous: Your outburst of rage was hardly seemly.
    • : suitable or appropriate; fitting: a seemly gesture.
    • : of pleasing appearance; handsome.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a seemly manner; fittingly; becomingly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundecency

Examples

  • Under its outward seemliness a million throats are ready to take up the brazen cry of revolution.

  • Even unlucky devils, such as myself, are not without a certain respect for that which is fitting, for seemliness and etiquette.

  • Honor, common sense, seemliness, and conscience seem to belong to the individual domain.

  • In the Middle Ages very great attention was given to seemliness in the private conduct of individuals.

  • Torture, persecution, violent measures, would all have been impossible if there had been a sense of seemliness.