Seemly vs Tasteful - What's the difference?
seemly | tasteful | Related terms |
(of behavior) Appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
* Shakespeare
* Hooker
Appropriately, fittingly.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate
:Her home was decorated with tasteful , classical furnishings.
Having a high relish; savoury.
* Alexander Pope
(colloquial): gay; fashionable.
As adjectives the difference between seemly and tasteful
is that seemly is appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming while tasteful is having or exhibiting good taste; aesthetically pleasing or conforming to expectations or ideals of what is appropriate.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 [...].
tasteful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Tasteful herbs.