noun
- the quality of being appropriate, proper, or fitting according to accepted standards of behavior or appearance
Usage: formal
Examples
- The seemliness of her conduct at the formal dinner impressed everyone.
- He questioned the seemliness of discussing such personal matters in public.
- The dress code was established to maintain seemliness in the workplace.
- She always acted with perfect seemliness, never causing embarrassment.
- The seemliness of the ceremony reflected the solemnity of the occasion.
- His behavior lacked the seemliness expected of someone in his position.