seemly
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In court papers, state prison officials indicated their prospects for buying the drugs started to change as soon as it seemly likely lawmakers would pass the shield law.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
Richard Hofstadter rooted mid-20th century conspiracism in the feeling of being dispossessed, a feeling seemly confirmed by the outcome of public decisions upon which the "paranoid" could exert little to no influence.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2021
She adds in the series that she “didn’t feel it was seemly to get into a public fight with him.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2021
GS But after he was no longer here, it didn’t seem... seemly.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2019
Not all of them shared her uncle’s opinions of seemly garb; some were as fashionably dressed as Kit herself.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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