UNSEEMLY


Meaning of UNSEEMLY in English

I. “+ adjective

Etymology: Middle English unsemely, from un- (I) + semely seemly

: not seemly: as

a. : not according with established standards of good form or taste : unbecoming , indecent

very unseemly to talk in this loose fashion before young men — Willa Cather

an unseemly outbreak of temper — Nathaniel Hawthorne

one of the unseemliest squabbles … grew out of the bitterness sowed between a strong administrator and his teaching staff — V.L.Parrington

rescuing its historic monuments from a century and a half of unseemly neglect — Lewis Mumford

b. : not comely, handsome, or attractive in appearance

a man of unseemly aspect

country farmhouses … resembling dingy boxes surrounded by unseemly household litter — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager

c. : not suitable for time or place : inappropriate , unseasonable

at the most unseemly hours — eleven at night, four in the morning — alarm clocks shrieked, taps gushed — Jean Stafford

we demand to know the reason for this unseemly intrusion — T.B.Costain

useless and unseemly sorrow for the irrevocable past — W.M.Thackeray

II. adverb

Etymology: Middle English unsemely, from un- (I) + semely, adverb, seemly

: in unseemly fashion or manner

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