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Seemly vs Opportune - What's the difference?

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Seemly is a related term of opportune.


As adjectives the difference between seemly and opportune

is that seemly is (of behavior) appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming while opportune is suitable for some particular purpose.

As an adverb seemly

is appropriately, fittingly.

seemly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (of behavior) Appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
    • His behavior was seemly , as befits a gentleman.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I am a woman, lacking wit / To make a seemly answer to such persons.
  • * Hooker
    • Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.

    Synonyms

    * apposite

    Antonyms

    * unseemly

    Derived terms

    * * * seemliness

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Appropriately, fittingly.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
    • The great earthes wombe they open to the sky, / And with sad Cypresse seemely it embraue [...].

    opportune

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suitable for some particular purpose.
    • This would be an opportune spot for a picnic
  • At a convenient or advantageous time.
    • The opportune arrival of the bus cut short the boring conversation

    Antonyms

    * inopportune

    Related terms

    * opportunity * opportuneness