seemlihood

alternative seemlyhood

1. dateduncountableThe state, condition, or quality of being seemly; seemliness.

   And flowers have made confessions unto me At which I marvel; for they rail at thee And call thee heartless in thy seemlihood, Though queen-elect of all the flowers that be.

   1890, Eric Mackay, A lover's litanies: and other poems - Page 47

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   Proclaimed himself her loyal knight, and swore Glynne to coerce to decent seemlihood, Begged her to cease her tears, lest ravaged cheek And sunken eyes unfitted her for all Engagements of the evening, [...]

   1896, Julia Evelyn Ditto Young, This then is the story of Glynne's wife told in numbers - Page 14

   Synonyms: honor, propriety, uprightness, angelicality, angelicalness, angelicity, angelicness, decency