be seemly
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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
"That wouldn't be seemly, because our mayor is expected to attend in church on Roundabout Sunday."
From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope
They cry out in print, since it would no longer be seemly for them to shriek at the pitch of their voices, or to set off running, violently, or to leap high in the air.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
It was an inconsistency in Agatha’s prudish nature to consider that men might do things which could not be tolerated in the other sex, and that whatever William did must of necessity be seemly.
From Imprudence by F.E. Mills Young
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