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
"Whether it's technically extortion, whether it is some other misconduct, nothing about this is seemly for a former president," she said.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2022
It was all very public, and not very seemly.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 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
And he was. pleased when his second son’s wife bore also in her season, and she gave birth to a girl first as was fitting and it was seemly out of respect to her sister-in-law.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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