seemlessadj.
Obsolete exc. archaic.
Unseemly; shameful; unfitting.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
unhonestc1380
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
disconvenienta1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
inconvenientc1460
unorderly1471
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
ungreeing1560
graceless1562
unsetting1567
unhovable1570
ill1586
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
ill-seta1627
unbeseemly1648
ungainlya1660
indecorous1681
paw-paw1723
ungain-like1796
jive1971
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective]
unbecomelyc1200
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unseemly1338
unconablea1340
unseeminga1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unseemc1425
unjustc1443
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
graceless1562
unsetting1567
indecent1570
misbecoming1589
misbeseeming1589
uncouth1589
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
wry1601
disbecominga1639
unbeseemly1648
improper1739
ugly1879
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly
unthewfulc1050
unbecomelyc1200
unhend?c1225
uncomelyc1230
unseemlya1300
unsetec1325
unconablea1340
uncovenablec1374
unsitting1390
undue1398
ungainanda1400
unlikelya1425
unconvenient1450
unsoundablec1450
unorderly1471
unhonestc1503
inconvenienta1513
mis-seeminga1522
unconvenable1542
undecent1546
unsetting1567
indecent1570
uncouth1589
unfittinga1592
unbeseeming1593
seemless1596
unbecoming1598
unbefitting1598
unbeseemly1648
untoward1658
indecorous1682
ungain-like1796
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N6 Thence he her drew By the faire lockes, and fowly did array..That Artegall him selfe her seemelesse plight did rew. View more context for this quotation
1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd iii. sig. E3v And here I vow, Neuer to dreame of seeme-les amorous toyes. View more context for this quotation
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xx. 397 The Prince..did his Father place..in a Seate Seemelesse, and abiect.
1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 116 Maimed with seemless wound [L. inhonesto vulnere].
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adj.1596- to make a rod for one's own oneself
- to make a round
- to make a rout
- to make a rout about
- to make a rout etc
- to make a rout over
- to make a row
- to make a run for it
- to make a run of it
- to make a sally
- to make a saver
- to make a saving game of
- to make a saving game of it
- to make a scene
- to make a scene of
- to make a scene of it
- to make a score off one's own bat
- to make a secret of
- to make a seth(e
- to make a shaft or a bolt of it
- to make a shift
- to make a shot
- to make a show
- to make a show of
- to make a show of oneself