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Search phrase: seemly

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Henry VIIIH8 III.i.178To make a seemly answer to such persons.To make a seemely answer to such persons.

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SonnetsSonn.22.6 Is but the seemly raiment of my heart, Is but the seemely rayment of my heart,

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beseembefit, be fitting [for], be seemly [for]
civilseemly, decent, well-behaved
likelypromising, hopeful; or: seemly, good-looking
mannerlyseemly, decent, modest
modestdecorous, seemly, not offending modesty
modestypropriety, protocol, seemly behaviour
obscenelymalapropism possibly for ‘seemly’

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behaviour, seemlymodesty
seemlycivil
seemlymodest
seemlymannerly
seemlylikely
seemly behaviourmodesty
seemly, bebeseem

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