unseemly
adverb
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L203033 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L342093 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: 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.
- Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
“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.”
adv
Etymology: 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.
- In an unseemly manner.
“[…] [Charitie] Doeth not behaue it selfe vnseemly, seeketh not her owne, is not easily prouoked, thinketh no euill,”