seemly

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• /ˈsiːmli/
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From Middle English semly, semely, semelich, from Old Norse sœmiligr (“seemly”); equivalent to seem + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic sæmilegur (“seemly, passable”), Danish sømmelig (“seemly”).

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: պատշաճ (patšač) — appropriate
• Bulgarian: пристоен (pristoen) — appropriate
• Bulgarian: подобаващ (podobavašt) — appropriate
• Czech: slušný — appropriate
• Czech: vhodný — appropriate
• Czech: patřičný — appropriate
• Dutch: correct — appropriate
• Dutch: fatsoenlijk — appropriate
• Dutch: passend — appropriate
• Dutch: gepast — appropriate
• Esperanto: konvena — appropriate
• Finnish: sovelias — appropriate
• German: schicklich — appropriate
• German: anständig — appropriate
• German: gesittet — appropriate
• German: passend — appropriate
• German: vernünftig — appropriate
• German: korrekt — appropriate
• German: angebracht — appropriate
• German: angemessen — appropriate
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍉𐍆 (gadōf) — appropriate
• Italian: decente — appropriate
• Northern Kurdish: meqbûl — appropriate
• Northern Kurdish: maqûl — appropriate
• Middle English: seme — appropriate
• Middle English: semly — appropriate
• Plautdietsch: sitlich — appropriate
• Polish: odpowiedni — appropriate
• Polish: właściwy — appropriate
• Polish: stosowny — appropriate
• Portuguese: decente — appropriate
• Portuguese: adequado — appropriate
• Spanish: ubicado — appropriate
• Spanish: decente — appropriate
• Spanish: adecuado — appropriate
• Swedish: passande — appropriate