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seemlinesses

seemlinesses is the plural of seemliness.

Meaning of seemliness

Noun

seemliness (countable and uncountable, plural seemlinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The property of being seemly, appropriateness of conduct or behavior.
    • Her black dress, simple to austerity, suggested her bereaved condition, and I was innocently astonished that notwithstanding a real emotion she was able to dress the part she had to play according to her notions of seemliness.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “ch. 10”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
  2. (countable) The result or product of being seemly.

Questions about seemlinesses

What is seemlinesses the plural of?
Seemlinesses is the plural of seemliness.

Words near seemlinesses in the dictionary

  1. seemlihead
  2. seemlihed
  3. seemlihood
  4. seemlily
  5. seemliness
  6. seemlinesses
  7. seemly
  8. seemlyhed
  9. seemlyhood
  10. seems
  11. seemurgh

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