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Meaning of UNSEEMLY

Pronunciation:  un'seemlee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry"
 
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 Synonyms: improper, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, untoward
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Un*seem"ly\, a.
Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.
      An unseemly outbreak of temper.          --Hawthorne.

  2. \Un*seem"ly\, adv.
In an unseemly manner.
 
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