Seemly vs Unaffected - What's the difference?
seemly | unaffected | Related terms |
(of behavior) Appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.
* Shakespeare
* Hooker
Appropriately, fittingly.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
Not affected or changed.
Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.
* 1812 , , Pride and Prejudice ,
Seemly is a related term of unaffected.
As adjectives the difference between seemly and unaffected
is that seemly is (of behavior) appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming while unaffected is not affected or changed.As an adverb seemly
is appropriately, fittingly.As a noun unaffected is
someone not , as by a disease.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 [...].
unaffected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move.
Chapter 3:
- Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
