seemly meaning in English
adj.
(-lier; -liest)
1.合宜的；适当的；得体的。
2.好看的；美貌的。
adv.
合宜地；适当地。
n.
-liness
Examples
- We will call at a more seemly time .
我们会在更适合的时候来拜访的。 - We no longer pay a seemly deference to our superiors .
我们不再对长者给以适宜的尊重。 - I dare say it would have been more seemly to decline his proposal .
我知道更合体的作法是拒绝他的邀请。 - Control yourself, sir. these outbursts of petulance are not seemly .
您哪，就克制点吧。这么使性子可不像话。 - I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style .
我会节衣缩食来让你们俩过一种上流社会的体面生活。