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

"Let us go into the ladies' apartment," said Margaretha; "it would not be seemly that they should find us here alone so early."

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

Most of them regarded it as a kind of magical rite into which it would not be seemly to inquire. 

From Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth by Skrine, John Huntley

"That wouldn't be seemly, because our mayor is expected to attend in church on Roundabout Sunday."

From Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony