This week’s theme
Adverbs

This week’s words
elsewhen
towardly
passing
seemly

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(SEEM-lee)

MEANING:

adverb:	1. In a pleasing manner.
	2. Suitably.
adjective:	1. Pleasing; handsome.
	2. Appropriate; fitting.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old Norse sœmiligr (seemly), from sœmr (fitting). Earliest documented use: 1225. Seemly should not be confused with seemingly, which means “apparently”.

USAGE:

“They spoke to each other while still waving and seemly smiling.”
Son Of David; Hearts Window; Xlibris; 2012.

“For much of General Franco’s dictatorship many of the clergy danced to his tune. A seemly distance between church and state is probably better for both, and certainly better for Spanish society at large.”
State v Church; The Economist (London, UK); Apr 28, 2001.

See more usage examples of seemly in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: