Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Seemly \Seem"ly\, a. [Compar.{Seemlier}; superl. {Seeliest}.]
   [Icel. s?miligr, fr. s?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.