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

Sulkowski bowed and wanted to kiss her hand, but she struck him with her fan and said: 'Let that be--I am old, it would not be seemly; but let me sit somewhere.'

From Count Br?hl by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

Robespierre's life was frugal and simple, as must always be seemly in the spokesman of the dumb multitude whose lives are very hard.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John

And besides, it wouldn’t be seemly and modest.”

From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville