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Search phrase: beseeming

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CymbelineCym V.v.410In poor beseeming: 'twas a fitment forIn poore beseeming: 'twas a fitment for
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.i.14Shall now, in mutual well-beseeming ranks,Shall now in mutuall well-beseeming rankes
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.i.84Hath put us in these ill-beseeming arms,Hath put vs in these ill-beseeming Armes:
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.i.31And ill beseeming any common man,And ill beseeming any common man;
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.113How ill-beseeming is it in thy sexHow ill-beseeming is it in thy Sex,
Richard IIR2 IV.i.116Yet best beseeming me to speak the truth:Yet best beseeming me to speake the truth.
Romeo and JulietRJ I.i.93Cast by their grave-beseeming ornamentsCast by their Graue beseeming Ornaments,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.v.74An ill-beseeming semblance for a feast.An ill beseeming semblance for a Feast.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.iii.113And ill-beseeming beast in seeming both!And ill beseeming beast in seeming both,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.56Unfurnished of her well-beseeming troop?Vnfurnisht of our well beseeming troope?
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.i.66Beseeming such a wife as your fair daughter.Beseeming such a Wife, as your faire daughter:

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beseeminglooking, appearing
beseemingappearance, look
grave-beseemingsuitably dignified, sober-looking
ill-beseemingunseemly, inappropriate, unbecoming
well-beseemingfine-looking, well-ordered

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BESEEMINGBASICsee SEEM
GRAVE [serious]APPEARANCEgrave-beseeming adj
ILLAPPEARANCEill-beseeming adj
SEEMAPPEARANCEbeseeming n
SEEMBADill-beseeming adj
SEEMGOODgrave-beseeming adj, well-beseeming adj
WELL [very]APPEARANCEwell-beseeming adj

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