be seemly
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Would it be seemly to have a moment of silence for the Iraqi corpses?
From Time Magazine Archive
I wanted to tell him that I would miss him, but I didn’t think saying such a thing would be seemly.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
It was an inconsistency in Agatha’s prudish nature to consider that men might do things which could not be tolerated in the other sex, and that whatever William did must of necessity be seemly.
From Imprudence by F.E. Mills Young
"Let us go into the ladies' apartment," said Margaretha; "it would not be seemly that they should find us here alone so early."
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
And besides, it wouldn’t be seemly and modest.”
From The Sapphire Cross by George Manville Fenn
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