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Meaning of "beseemly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BESEEMLY

beseemly  [bɪˈsiːmlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BESEEMLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beseemly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BESEEMLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of beseemly in the English dictionary

The definition of beseemly in the dictionary is becoming, suitable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BESEEMLY


calmly
ˈkɑːmlɪ
cruciformly
ˈkruːsɪˌfɔːmlɪ
extremely
ɪkˈstriːmlɪ
firmly
ˈfɜːmlɪ
infirmly
ɪnˈfɜːmlɪ
lukewarmly
ˌluːkˈwɔːmlɪ
scalariformly
skəˈlærɪˌfɔːmlɪ
seemly
ˈsiːmlɪ
supremely
sʊˈpriːmlɪ
termly
ˈtɜːmlɪ
uniformly
ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːmlɪ
unseemly
ʌnˈsiːmlɪ
variformly
ˈvɛərɪˌfɔːmlɪ
warmly
ˈwɔːmlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BESEEMLY

bescribble
besee
beseech
beseecher
beseeching
beseechingly
beseechingness
beseem
beseemingly
beseemingness
beset
besetment
besetter
besetting
beshadow
beshame
beshine
beshout
beshrew
beshroud

WORDS THAT END LIKE BESEEMLY

buxomly
dimly
drumly
glumly
grimly
grumly
lissomly
maximumly
primly
randomly
rumly
seldomly
slimly
trimly

Synonyms and antonyms of beseemly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «beseemly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BESEEMLY

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Translator English - Chinese

beseemly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

beseemly
570 millions of speakers

English

beseemly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

beseemly
380 millions of speakers
ar

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beseemly
280 millions of speakers

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beseemly
278 millions of speakers

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beseemly
270 millions of speakers

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beseemly
260 millions of speakers

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beseemly
220 millions of speakers

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Sepi
190 millions of speakers

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beseemly
180 millions of speakers

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beseemly
130 millions of speakers

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beseemly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Beseemly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

beseemly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

beseemly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेसीली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beseemly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

beseemly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

beseemly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

beseemly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

beseemly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

beseemly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beseemly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beseemly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beseemly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beseemly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BESEEMLY»

The term «beseemly» is used very little and occupies the 166.666 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BESEEMLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beseemly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BESEEMLY»

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1
Collection of Poems
XXIV. See to their feats they hye with merry glee, And in beseemly order fitten there ; \ All but the wight of bum y-galled, he Abhorreth bench and fiool, and fourm, and chair; (This hand in mouth y-fird, that rends his hair ;) And eke with' snubs ...
2
Poems
See to their feats. they hye with merry glee, And in beseemly order, sitten there; Al] but the wight of: hnm y-galled, he, Abhorreth bench and stool, and sourm, and chair; (This hand in mouth y-fix'd, that tends his hair;) And eke with snubs ...
William Shenstone, 1779
3
The illustrated national pronouncing dictionary of the ...
Beseeming, (be-sem'ing) a. becoming ; Beseemly, (be-semle) a. fit ; decent. Beset, (be-set') v. t. [pret. and pp. beset] to inclose on all sides. Besetting, (be-set' ing) a. habitually attending or harassing. Beshrew, (be-shiuo') v. t. to wish a curse to.
English language, 1868
4
The Poetical Works, Coll. with the Best Ed. by Thomas Park. ...
See to their seats they hye with merry glee, And in beseemly order sitten there, All but the wight of burn y'-galled, he Abhorreth bench, and stool, and foam, and chair, (This hand in month y'-fix'd, and rends his hair) And eke with snubs ...
William Shenstone, 1812
5
The Church of our fathers, as seen in st. Osmund's rite for ...
larger minsters, this warm love for the mother of our Lord gave rise to an architectual feature in the building, as beautiful as it was beseemly, and almost peculiar to England. At the furthest east end, behind both choir and high altar, stood, and ...
Daniel Rock, 1852
6
The Household Book of Poetry. Collected and edited by C. A. ...
... meet, And to the well-known chest the dame repair, Whence oft with sugared oates she doth them greet, And ginger-bread y-rare; now, certes, doubly sweet. See to their seats they hie with merry glee'. And in beseemly order sitten there; ...
Charles Anderson DANA (Editor of the New York “Sun.”.), 1868
7
A Dictionary of English and Bengalee: Tr. from Todd's Ed. of ...
৪- যেগেতো, উপযুক্তত্য, সৌন্দর্যা, সূন্দরতা, সুদ শর্মীয়ত্, উত্তমতা, ভাল ম্রদথার যাহা | Beseemly, a. যেগোরূশে, উপযুক্তরপে, দর্শনযোগ্যক্রমে | Beseen, part. -থাটান, মিলনোনিয়মজ্বকৃত, পরিমিত | To Beset, v. ৪- Sax. হুবন্টন-কৃ, চঢ়ন্মউ-কৃ, হর্টুক, ঘের, আটক -কু, ...
Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Ramcomul Sen, 1834
8
Papers for the Teacher ...: First-[sixth] series
See to their seats they hie with merry glee, And in beseemly order sitten there; All but the Wight of flesh y-galled ; he, Abhorreth bench, and stool, and form, and chair; (This hand in mouth y-fixed, that rends his hair ;) And eke with snubs ...
Henry Barnard, 1862
9
The Union Dictionary, containing all that is truly useful in ...
UO О Beseemly, bè-sèèm'lè. а. becoming. _Mason навес, bè-sêt'. v. а. to besiege, to hem in. Add. _To embarrass. Ноша—То waylay. Loc. -To fall upon. Spena. Beshrew, bè-shróô'. v. a. to wish а. curse to. душ—То 11арре11 111 to. Shak.
Thomas BROWNE (LL.D.), 1822
10
Dialect of south Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and ...
Farrant, decent, respectable ; farrantly, decently, beseemly. Fash, the tops of turnips ; waste. Fattert, embarrassed ; unhandy in doing a job ; " he's quite fattert." Fattle, to trifle about business ; to pay slight attentions to a female. " See heaw he  ...
John Collier, Samuel Bamford, 1850

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