• adj. 適當(dāng)?shù)?；有禮的；好看的
• adv. 適合地；得體地

來自 seem 古義，使合適，使匹配，使合乎舉止，-ly,形容詞后綴。

seemly (adj.)

"of pleasing or good appearance," also "proper, tasteful, decorous," early 13c., semlich, from Old Norse soemiligr "becoming, honorable," from soemr (see seem). Related: Seemliness. Old Norse also had soemleitr "fine to look at."

1. Self-assertion was not thought seemly in a woman.

人們認(rèn)為女性不應(yīng)該過于自信。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Control yourself , sir. These outbursts of petulance are not seemly.

您哪, 就克制點吧. 這么使性子可不像話.

來自辭典例句

3. We no longer pay a seemly deference to our superiors.

我們對長者再沒有一點點推崇.

來自辭典例句

4. Chewing gum on a train is not seemly in a lady.

淑女在火車上嚼口香糖不太雅觀.

來自辭典例句

5. I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style.

我會節(jié)衣縮食來讓你們倆過一種上流社會的體面生活.

來自辭典例句