Vocabulary Word
Word: unseemly
Definition: unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste
Definition: unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste
Sentences Containing 'unseemly'
His manner was, never to wonder at anything; never to be in haste, and yet never slow: nor to be perplexed, or dejected, or at any time unseemly, or excessively to laugh: nor to be angry, or suspicious, but ever ready to do good, and to forgive, and to speak truth; and all this, as one that seemed rather of himself to have been straight and right, than ever to have been rectified or redressed; neither was there any man that ever thought himself undervalued by him, or that could find in his heart, to think himself a better man than he.
Miss Murdstone cast down her eyes, shook her head as if protesting against this unseemly interruption, and with frowning dignity resumed: 'Since I am to confine myself to facts, I will state them as dryly as I can.
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