beseemlyadj.
/bɪˈsiːmli/ rare.
Seemly, becoming, befitting.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper
methelyeOE
ylikeeOE
fairOE
i-meteOE
rightOE
becomelyc1175
proper?c1225
featc1325
conablea1340
rightful1340
worthyc1350
pursuanda1375
covenable1382
dignec1385
convenablec1386
thriftyc1386
sittingc1390
comenablea1400
gainlya1400
meeta1400
wortha1400
convenientc1400
meetlya1425
suinga1425
fitc1440
tallc1440
worthyc1450
good1477
dueful?a1527
beseeminga1530
fitting1535
straighta1538
decent1539
answerable1542
becoming1565
condecent1575
becomed1599
respective1605
befittinga1612
comely1617
decorous1664
shape-like1672
beseemly1737
farrantly?1748
fitly1840
in order1850
1737 W. Shenstone Poems upon Var. Occasions 20 To their Seats they hie..And in beseemly order sitten there.
1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers III. ix. 264 An architectural feature..as beautiful as it was beseemly.
Derivatives
beseemliness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > fittingness or propriety
righteousnessOE
duea1425
properness1531
decency1567
dueness1576
decorum1586
fitness1597
orthotes1605
propriety1612
befittingnessa1645
beseemlinessa1645
fittingness1653
becomeness1656
beseemingness1656
becomingness1657
condecency1662
competibleness1667
decence1678
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. ii. 292 Preferring false beseemlinesse before loyall affection!
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