seemly

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Of behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.

Adv

Appropriately, fittingly.

Sinonieme

becoming

proper

fitting

suitable

decent

appropriate

befitting

decorous

right

good

👍

fit

comely

applicable

comme il faut

expedient

reasonable

fair

farsighted

fitly

good-looking

handsome

handy

judicious

lucky

meet

meetly

modest

moral

noble

of use

opportune

plausible

pleasing

presentable

properly

prudent

respectable

sagacious

sage

sensible

sound

🔉

suitably

timely

useful

virtuous

well-behaved

well-formed

wise

proprely

semblably

Vertalings

geschikt

passend

convenable

betamelijk

gepast

raisonnable

decente

conveniente

angemessen

decente

passend

séant

geeignet

geziemend

zeitgemäß

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsiːmli/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: semly

Verwante met Yslands: sæmilegur

Verwante met Deens: sømmelig

In summary

From Middle English semly, semely, semelich, from Old Norse sœmiligr (“seemly”); equivalent to seem + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic sæmilegur (“seemly, passable”), Danish sømmelig (“seemly”).