The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seemly \Seem"ly\ (s[=e]m"l[y^]), a. [Compar. Seemlier (s[=e]m"l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Seeliest.] [Icel. s[ae]miligr, fr. s[ae]mr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, E. same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See Seem, v. i.] Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.
He had a seemly nose.
--Chaucer.
I am a woman, lacking wit
To make a seemly answer to such persons.
--Shak.
Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer
and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of
these controversies.
--Hooker.
Syn: Becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous; meet; decent; decorous.