be seemly
Example Sentences
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Would it be seemly to have a moment of silence for the Iraqi corpses?
From Time Magazine Archive
I wanted to tell him that I would miss him, but I didn’t think saying such a thing would be seemly.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
There were traces of dismal smears on the white ground which it would be seemly to hide.
From The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers by Mary Cholmondeley
Hence, if a father has used harsh language to his child, it would not be seemly for him to ask the child's pardon, but he should show some mark of kindness to heal the wound.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
To be your guardian, Isobel, would not be seemly.
From The Master Mummer by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
