be seemly

"In the past 20 to 30 years, scientists have gotten a little bit more comfortable — either through social media more recently, but even previous to that, pushed by publicity-hungry administrators — to hype their own results beyond what would ordinarily be seemly or accepted by peers," he says.

I wanted to tell him that I would miss him, but I didn’t think saying such a thing would be seemly.

It wouldn’t be seemly in this particular environment, with the rise of the far right across much of Europe, to be seen as the corporate behemoth squashing the right of an individual to express his beliefs.

Their side’s sweeping victory in the struggle over gay rights has been decisive, and now less bullying and more magnanimity from the victors would be seemly.

What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive ourselves into believing that corporate welfare can be seemly.