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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The condition of being seemly; seemliness. archaic, uncountable

   "she […] by his persons secret seemlyhed / Wel weend that he had beene some man of place […]."

Synonyms

All synonyms

seemlihoodseemlihood

Example

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"she […] by his persons secret seemlyhed / Wel weend that he had beene some man of place […]."

Etymology

From Middle English semlyhede, equivalent to seemly + -head.

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