Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Seemly; fit; suitable: as, “beseemly order,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Archaic Fit; suitable; becoming.
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- adjective archaic
fit ;suitable ;becoming
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Now, Miss Ramsey Hayle, ef dey is tell it, aw ef dey hain't -- to yo 'ma -- dat's all right an' beseemly.
Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi George Washington Cable 1884
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