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unsemely

unsemely is the archaic form of unseemly.

Meaning of unseemly

Adjective

unseemly (comparative unseemlier, superlative unseemliest)

  1. Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
    • He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.
    Antonyms:
    seemly

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Questions about unsemely

What is unsemely the archaic form of?
Unsemely is the archaic form of unseemly.

Words near unsemely in the dictionary

  1. unselling
  2. unsells
  3. unselves
  4. unsemantic
  5. unsemanticized
  6. unsemely
  7. unsenatorial
  8. unsend
  9. unsendable
  10. unsending
  11. unsends

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unsemely (page history and authors); unseemly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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