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seemlyhood

seemlyhood is the alternative spelling of seemlihood.

Meaning of seemlihood

Noun

seemlihood (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The 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

Origin of seemlyhood

From seemly + -hood.

Questions about seemlyhood

What is seemlyhood the alternative spelling of?
Seemlyhood is the alternative spelling of seemlihood.

Words near seemlyhood in the dictionary

  1. seemlily
  2. seemliness
  3. seemlinesses
  4. seemly
  5. seemlyhed
  6. seemlyhood
  7. seems
  8. seemurgh
  9. seemurghs
  10. seen
  11. seen a man

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