seemliness
Behavior fitting circumstances
Seemliness is the quality of being proper, appropriate, or fitting to the occasion.
The word carries an old-fashioned sense of decorum—behavior that respects social conventions and doesn't cause embarrassment: She questioned the seemliness of wearing jeans to the funeral.
It often appears in negative constructions about what's unsuitable.
Fitting social conduct
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- correctnessState of being accurate
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
protocol · comportment · civility · politeness · courtesy · tact · discretion · respectfulness
Modest, reserved quality
- reserveSupply kept back
- decencyMoral appropriateness in behavior
- restraintControl over impulses
- unpretentiousnessAbsence of showiness
discretion · reticence · propriety · understatement · soberness · plainness · simplicity · unobtrusiveness
Moral correctness and honesty
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- rectitudeMoral straightness
propriety · decency · wholesomeness · character · reputation · morality · righteousness · probity
Fitting social conduct
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- composureEmotional self-control
- gravitasDignified, weighty manner
solemnity · stateliness · restraint · seriousness · nobility · stature · self-respect · bearing
decorum
Fitting social conduct
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- correctnessState of being accurate
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
manners · protocol · comportment · civility · politeness · courtesy · tact · discretion · respectfulness · graciousness
demureness
Modest, reserved quality
unpretentiousness · discretion · reticence · propriety · understatement · soberness · plainness · simplicity · unobtrusiveness · self-effacement
uprightness
Moral correctness and honesty
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
rectitude · propriety · decency · wholesomeness · character · reputation · morality · righteousness · probity · worthiness
decorum
Fitting social conduct
gravitas · solemnity · stateliness · restraint · seriousness · nobility · stature · self-respect · bearing · demeanor
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
- proprietydecorum, decency, propriety, correctness, suitability
- humilityhumbleness, humble, meekness, modesty, modest
seemlinessunseemliness
Inappropriate or improper quality
impropriety · indecorum · indecency · inappropriateness · unbecomingness
seemlinessunsuitability
Not right for purpose
unfitness · inappropriateness · inaptness · incongruity · incongruousness