Seemly vs Pertinent - What's the difference?
seemly | pertinent | Related terms |
(of behavior) Appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
* Shakespeare
* Hooker
Appropriately, fittingly.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
important with regard to (a subject or matter); relevant
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Seemly is a related term of pertinent.
As adjectives the difference between seemly and pertinent
is that seemly is (of behavior) appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming while pertinent is important with regard to (a subject or matter); relevant.As an adverb seemly
is appropriately, fittingly.seemly
English
Adjective
(er)- His behavior was seemly , as befits a gentleman.
- I am a woman, lacking wit / To make a seemly answer to such persons.
- Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.
Synonyms
* appositeAntonyms
* unseemlyDerived terms
* * * seemlinessAdverb
(en adverb)- The great earthes wombe they open to the sky, / And with sad Cypresse seemely it embraue [...].
pertinent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature.