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SEEMLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sense of propriety and consideration for others
Example:
a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace
Synonyms:
grace; seemliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("seemliness" is a kind of...):
correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)
Antonym:
unseemliness (a lack of consideration for others)
Derivation:
seemly (according with custom or propriety)