Antonyms for unseemly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-seem-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsim li

Definition of unseemly

Origin : early 14c., "unfitting, indecent," from un- (1) "not" + seemly. Cf. Old Norse usoemiligr.

adj improper; in bad taste

Example sentences :

Let's settle on it now, so as to have no unseemly wrangle when the waiter comes.
Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr

Speak not with unseemly levity of the mysteries of the toilet,' he cried.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Do as I would, I could not restrain him from these unseemly shouts.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

And once more, the inharmonious and unseemly nature can only tend to disproportion?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Could it be the new footman indulging in this unseemly mirth?
Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various

No doubt the king had acted with unseemly haste and lack of consideration.
Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg

"David, this is unseemly," exclaimed Schumann, with mock severity.
Extract from : « A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy » by George Sampson

Carlos and his son Ferdinand were engaged in an unseemly quarrel.
Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele

He was ashamed of that unseemly posture, and put his hands in his pockets hurriedly.
Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad

"It was all there," but all unseemly, ungraceful, undignified; for Polly Dill was pretty.
Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for unseemly

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