seemly

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishseemlyseem‧ly /ˈsiːmli/ adjective old-fashioned SUITABLEsuitable for a particular situation or social occasion, according to accepted standards of behaviour OPP unseemly It was not seemly for ladies to talk about money.Examples from the Corpusseemly• Old Chao hesitated, apparently aware that he was displaying more self-satisfaction than was seemly.• It would not have been very seemly for the ladies to hear all the shouting.• But he should have gone further and acknowledged that it is not seemly to hold such political functions in the White House.Origin seemly (1100-1200) Old Norse smligr, from smr; → SEEM

单词	seemly
释义	seemly From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishseemlyseem‧ly /ˈsiːmli/ adjective old-fashioned SUITABLEsuitable for a particular situation or social occasion, according to accepted standards of behaviour OPP unseemly It was not seemly for ladies to talk about money.Examples from the Corpusseemly• Old Chao hesitated, apparently aware that he was displaying more self-satisfaction than was seemly.• It would not have been very seemly for the ladies to hear all the shouting.• But he should have gone further and acknowledged that it is not seemly to hold such political functions in the White House.Origin seemly (1100-1200) Old Norse smligr, from smr; → SEEM
随便看	later in the day/week/year later in the week later in the year later on later that day etc later that day/morning/week etc later that morning etc later that week etc lateral lateral amalgamation lateral thinking lateralis latere laters latest latest latest addition latest/new/recent addition latex lath lath lathe lather lathian Latimer