unseemlyadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːmli/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsimli/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare Old Norse úsœ́milig-r (Icelandic ósæmilegur, Danish usømmelig, Norwegian usømeleg, etc.).

a. Unbecoming, unfitting; indecent.

ΘΚΠ

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

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 171 Þei did a foule trespas, it was vnsemly þing.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 35 Ofte in song y haue hem set, þat is vnsemly þer hit syt.

a1400–50 Alexander 99 For soth it is vnsemely slike sawis of a prynce.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/1 On-semely, indecens, inconveniens.

1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis A iv With that vnsemely dissimulation, we were not a lytell moued.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlviii. 97 Things in themselues vnholie or vnseemely we may not aske.

1645 J. Ussher Body of Divinitie 218 That no unseemely behaviour proceed from us.

1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion l Nor would they anything unseemly say.

1738 D. Waterland Christian Sacrifice Explained App. i. 6 An unseemly Reflection upon..The Sacrifices of God.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xvii. 243 A squalid beggar..in unseemly garb attir'd.

1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 616 Shall..all editions be passed over in a sort of unseemly silence?

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 39 The news..threw him into a passion..which hurried him into many foolish and unseemly actions.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 155 To offer to William..an insult as unseemly as it was senseless.

absolute.1880 Sat. Rev. 7 Aug. 162/2 Partaking not a little of the unwise as well as of the unseemly.

b. Const. for (†of, to) and with infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective]

unthewfulc1050

unhend?c1225

uncomelyc1230

unseemlya1300

unseeminga1340

unseemc1425

untowardly1483

indecent1570

unbeseeming1583

uncivil1586

unbecoming1598

unbefitting1598

unhandsome1645

untoward1658

incorrect1672

indecorous1682

outré1722

improper1739

indelicate1741

unproper1797

pah1835

it is not (frequently isn't) done1879

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

a1300 Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camden) 335 Thouȝ art unsemly for to se, uncomli for to cussen suwete.

c1445 R. Pecock Donet 139 Ful vnseemely and vntreuli it is to seie þat [etc.].

c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 659 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 392 Sayand, vnsemly ware to se cristine man begare to be.

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Def. It shall not be vnsemely to call all suche shapes, formes and figures [etc.].

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions ii. 5 It is a thing not vnseemely for me to deale in.

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Pvii How vnhonest soeuer, or vnseemly of christian eares his argument be.

1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) xv. 183 Any thing, that is vnsetting, or vnseemlie to this Christian calling.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 155 Unseemly to beare rule, which was thy part.., had'st thou known thy self aright.

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons III. viii. vii. 82 Unseemly it may be for one of your quality..to quit this place with me.

c. n. An unseemly thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [noun] > thing

unseemly1654

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unseemly behaviour or unseemliness > thing

unseemly1654

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία Pref. sig. A 7 The Candid Interpreter of modest Endeavours, not Exacter of Impossibles, or unseemlies.

2. Uncomely, unhandsome.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective]

unsewly?c1225

unseemlyc1340

unburlya1400

ungoodly1495

unhandsome1530

unsquared1549

inelegant1570

unelegant1570

indecent1590

undressed1598

unfinified1609

undecent1622

c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5023 Þair bodys sal alle unsemely be, And foul, and ugly, opon to se.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 96 Which of alle kinde Of wommen is thunsemlieste.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 55 The dupe dale and durke vnsemely to see to.

c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) iv. xxxviii. 63 He found..an old vnsemely one. I ne can nought calle hyr lady.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxiiii. f. cxci The Erle..prayed his wyfe..y^t she wold..make her selfe as fowle & as vnsemely as she coude.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 114 A man of unseemlie personage.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 160 Their Faces stand closer or wider assunder, which is unseemly when the Letter comes to be Printed.

1684 J. Smith Profit & Pleasure United 138 If you buy your Bees, Observe they be..Smooth and Shining; Rejecting the Rough and unsemly Ones.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 394/2 Making the vessel frightfully crank and most unseemly to look at.

1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. ii. 10 In other respects he was not an unseemly man.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood i. 1 He lies, dressed, across a large unseemly bed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

unseemlyadv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːmli/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsimli/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 5. Compare Old Norse úsœ́miliga (Icelandic ósæm-).

In an unseemly or unbecoming manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adverb]

unhonestlyc1380

uncomelya1400

unseemlya1400

uncomelilyc1420

unseemlily1483

indecently1589

undecently1589

grossly1600

unseemingly1619

unbeseeming1645

widely1665

indelicately1800

indecorously1818

unbefittingly1871

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb]

wrongc1175

unworthlyc1200

unkindly?c1225

ungraithlya1300

wrongly1303

unconablya1340

unworthily1377

ungoodlyc1380

uncovenablya1382

improperly1390

falsely1393

unduly1399

unseemlya1400

unsittinglyc1412

unorderly1471

induly1483

unseemlily1483

ungainlya1500

uncomely?1518

unmeetly1533

unconveniently1538

wrongfully?1549

uncomelily1561

undecently1563

indecently1589

unproperly1604

unbeseemingly1617

viciously1617

unseemingly1619

misbecominglya1625

unbeseeming1645

unbecomingly1653

invalidly1705

naughty1892

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > in unseemly manner

unworthlyc1200

unconablya1340

unworthily1377

unhonestlyc1380

uncovenablya1382

uncomelya1400

unseemlya1400

unsittinglyc1412

uncomelilyc1420

foula1450

unmeetly1533

unconveniently1538

undecently1563

unbeseemingly1617

unbeseeming1645

unbecomingly1653

indecorously1818

unbefittingly1871

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24504 On him mi heued I shoke & saide vn-semeli leue sone artow graide.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1044 The syghte had he rechide, How vn-semly that sott satt sowpande hym one.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 207 Ellis it wolde folewe that ther yn thei diden vnaccordingli and vnsemeli.

1591 M. Drayton Harmonie of Church sig. C3^v Nor yet vnseemly speak such things, so proud and arrogant.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 297 English women..rode very unseemely astride, like as men doe.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 293 In which action hee..demeaned himself..unseemly for a King.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 292 Yon' jovial Troop..Unseemly flown with insolence and wine.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xii. 175 Ah, thought I, in my conduct has he read it—Something immodest or unseemly free?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unseemly
释义	unseemlyadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːmli/, U.S. /ˌənˈsimli/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare Old Norse úsœ́milig-r (Icelandic ósæmilegur, Danish usømmelig, Norwegian usømeleg, etc.). 1. a. Unbecoming, unfitting; indecent. ΘΚΠ 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 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 171 Þei did a foule trespas, it was vnsemly þing. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 35 Ofte in song y haue hem set, þat is vnsemly þer hit syt. a1400–50 Alexander 99 For soth it is vnsemely slike sawis of a prynce. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/1 On-semely, indecens, inconveniens. 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis A iv With that vnsemely dissimulation, we were not a lytell moued. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlviii. 97 Things in themselues vnholie or vnseemely we may not aske. 1645 J. Ussher Body of Divinitie 218 That no unseemely behaviour proceed from us. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion l Nor would they anything unseemly say. 1738 D. Waterland Christian Sacrifice Explained App. i. 6 An unseemly Reflection upon..The Sacrifices of God. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xvii. 243 A squalid beggar..in unseemly garb attir'd. 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 616 Shall..all editions be passed over in a sort of unseemly silence? 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 39 The news..threw him into a passion..which hurried him into many foolish and unseemly actions. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 155 To offer to William..an insult as unseemly as it was senseless. absolute.1880 Sat. Rev. 7 Aug. 162/2 Partaking not a little of the unwise as well as of the unseemly. b. Const. for (†of, to) and with infinitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adjective] unthewfulc1050 unhend?c1225 uncomelyc1230 unseemlya1300 unseeminga1340 unseemc1425 untowardly1483 indecent1570 unbeseeming1583 uncivil1586 unbecoming1598 unbefitting1598 unhandsome1645 untoward1658 incorrect1672 indecorous1682 outré1722 improper1739 indelicate1741 unproper1797 pah1835 it is not (frequently isn't) done1879 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 a1300 Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camden) 335 Thouȝ art unsemly for to se, uncomli for to cussen suwete. c1445 R. Pecock Donet 139 Ful vnseemely and vntreuli it is to seie þat [etc.]. c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 659 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 392 Sayand, vnsemly ware to se cristine man begare to be. 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Def. It shall not be vnsemely to call all suche shapes, formes and figures [etc.]. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions ii. 5 It is a thing not vnseemely for me to deale in. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Pvii How vnhonest soeuer, or vnseemly of christian eares his argument be. 1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) xv. 183 Any thing, that is vnsetting, or vnseemlie to this Christian calling. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 155 Unseemly to beare rule, which was thy part.., had'st thou known thy self aright. View more context for this quotation 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons III. viii. vii. 82 Unseemly it may be for one of your quality..to quit this place with me. c. n. An unseemly thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [noun] > thing unseemly1654 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unseemly behaviour or unseemliness > thing unseemly1654 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία Pref. sig. A 7 The Candid Interpreter of modest Endeavours, not Exacter of Impossibles, or unseemlies. 2. Uncomely, unhandsome. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective] unsewly?c1225 unseemlyc1340 unburlya1400 ungoodly1495 unhandsome1530 unsquared1549 inelegant1570 unelegant1570 indecent1590 undressed1598 unfinified1609 undecent1622 c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5023 Þair bodys sal alle unsemely be, And foul, and ugly, opon to se. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 96 Which of alle kinde Of wommen is thunsemlieste. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 55 The dupe dale and durke vnsemely to see to. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) iv. xxxviii. 63 He found..an old vnsemely one. I ne can nought calle hyr lady. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxxxiiii. f. cxci The Erle..prayed his wyfe..y^t she wold..make her selfe as fowle & as vnsemely as she coude. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 114 A man of unseemlie personage. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 160 Their Faces stand closer or wider assunder, which is unseemly when the Letter comes to be Printed. 1684 J. Smith Profit & Pleasure United 138 If you buy your Bees, Observe they be..Smooth and Shining; Rejecting the Rough and unsemly Ones. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 394/2 Making the vessel frightfully crank and most unseemly to look at. 1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. ii. 10 In other respects he was not an unseemly man. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood i. 1 He lies, dressed, across a large unseemly bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unseemlyadv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːmli/, U.S. /ˌənˈsimli/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 5. Compare Old Norse úsœ́miliga (Icelandic ósæm-). In an unseemly or unbecoming manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adverb] unhonestlyc1380 uncomelya1400 unseemlya1400 uncomelilyc1420 unseemlily1483 indecently1589 undecently1589 grossly1600 unseemingly1619 unbeseeming1645 widely1665 indelicately1800 indecorously1818 unbefittingly1871 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] wrongc1175 unworthlyc1200 unkindly?c1225 ungraithlya1300 wrongly1303 unconablya1340 unworthily1377 ungoodlyc1380 uncovenablya1382 improperly1390 falsely1393 unduly1399 unseemlya1400 unsittinglyc1412 unorderly1471 induly1483 unseemlily1483 ungainlya1500 uncomely?1518 unmeetly1533 unconveniently1538 wrongfully?1549 uncomelily1561 undecently1563 indecently1589 unproperly1604 unbeseemingly1617 viciously1617 unseemingly1619 misbecominglya1625 unbeseeming1645 unbecomingly1653 invalidly1705 naughty1892 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > in unseemly manner unworthlyc1200 unconablya1340 unworthily1377 unhonestlyc1380 uncovenablya1382 uncomelya1400 unseemlya1400 unsittinglyc1412 uncomelilyc1420 foula1450 unmeetly1533 unconveniently1538 undecently1563 unbeseemingly1617 unbeseeming1645 unbecomingly1653 indecorously1818 unbefittingly1871 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24504 On him mi heued I shoke & saide vn-semeli leue sone artow graide. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1044 The syghte had he rechide, How vn-semly that sott satt sowpande hym one. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 207 Ellis it wolde folewe that ther yn thei diden vnaccordingli and vnsemeli. 1591 M. Drayton Harmonie of Church sig. C3^v Nor yet vnseemly speak such things, so proud and arrogant. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 297 English women..rode very unseemely astride, like as men doe. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 293 In which action hee..demeaned himself..unseemly for a King. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 292 Yon' jovial Troop..Unseemly flown with insolence and wine. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xii. 175 Ah, thought I, in my conduct has he read it—Something immodest or unseemly free? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1300adv.a1400
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