Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Seemly

Seemly (sēm"ly) , adjective

[Icelandic samiligr, from samr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, English same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See Seem, v. i.]

Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.
He had a seemly nose. — Chaucer
I am a woman, lacking wit To make a seemly answer to such persons. — Shakespeare
Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies. — Hooker

Seemly (sēm"ly) , adverb

In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.
Suddenly a men before him stood, Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad, As one in city or court or place bred. — Milton