seemly

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But two mantles they leave and a tunic of beautiful texture, Seemly for wrapping the dead as the ransomer carries him homeward.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various

See, the Church her head once more hath lifted; Seemly order dwells within her gate; God-sent art adorns her holy precincts, And no more she lieth desolate.

From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter

On the right we have Bill Riley, a Wells Fargo detective from Omaha, on the left Tom Seemly from the Pinkerton Agency in San Francisco.

From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson

Seemly in a' its bearins, he said, and as clean's a leek on our side, a' as ticht an' richt as legal thack and rape could mak it.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various

Antonio, you're too bold; this usurp'd liberty To abuse a man of so much merit is not Seemly in you: nay, I'll term it sauciness.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert