Definitions
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
Word origin
From Middle English unsemli, probably a partial calque of Old Norse úsǽmiligr (“unseemly”); equivalent to un- + seemly. Cognate with Icelandic ósæmileg (“offensive”), Norwegian usømmelig (“unseemly”), Danish usømmelig (“unseemly”), German unziemlich.
Used in a sentence
“He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.”
“Yet this I can say, I was very wary of giving them occasion, by any unseemly action, to make them averse to going on pilgrimage.”
“Secrets that few would like to scrutinise were bred and hidden in mountains of unseemly rags, masses of corrupted fat, and sepulchres of bones.”
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01“Improper”8 letters
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