Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unseemly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, a.
Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent.

An unseemly outbreak of temper. --Hawthorne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Unseemly \Un*seem"ly\, adv.
In an unseemly manner.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

unseemly
adj : not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or
proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to
a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb
their untoward ribaldry" [syn: {indecent}, {indecorous},
{unbecoming}, {uncomely}, {untoward}]


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