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Synonyms for unseemly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-seem-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsim li

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Définition of unseemly

Origin :
  • early 14c., "unfitting, indecent," from un- (1) "not" + seemly. Cf. Old Norse usoemiligr.
  • adj improper; in bad taste
Example sentences :
  • Let's settle on it now, so as to have no unseemly wrangle when the waiter comes.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • Speak not with unseemly levity of the mysteries of the toilet,' he cried.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Do as I would, I could not restrain him from these unseemly shouts.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And once more, the inharmonious and unseemly nature can only tend to disproportion?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Could it be the new footman indulging in this unseemly mirth?
  • Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
  • No doubt the king had acted with unseemly haste and lack of consideration.
  • Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg
  • "David, this is unseemly," exclaimed Schumann, with mock severity.
  • Extract from : « A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy » by George Sampson
  • Carlos and his son Ferdinand were engaged in an unseemly quarrel.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele
  • He was ashamed of that unseemly posture, and put his hands in his pockets hurriedly.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • "It was all there," but all unseemly, ungraceful, undignified; for Polly Dill was pretty.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever

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