be seemly

Example Sentences

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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

Asking a writer or a poet to be seemly and Academic and so on, is like asking an eminent surgeon to be stringently decent.

From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The MS. is known to be in existence; and would it not be seemly and desirable to have it deposited in the College Manuscript Room?

From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by Hutchinson, John Hely

So far you have treated me as a friend; but now, sir, it must be different, for to do so any longer would not be seemly.

From The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)