What's the difference between seemliness and unseemliness?

Seemliness


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When Martyn’s name began trending on Twitter, Dan Hett’s response was a masterclass in sombre seemliness: “He would, I think it’s safe to say, be fucking loving this.” The next day, Mariah Carey had posted a picture of Martyn in a Mariah Carey T-shirt , accompanied by a devastated quote about the death of a member of her fandom.
  • (2) He adds that he is very pleased the former director of archive content, Roly Keating , returned his payout and says he hopes that other bosses "with an appropriate sense of seemliness" will consider doing the same thing.

Unseemliness


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There was unseemliness, with Jens Lehmann bowling over Cristiano Ronaldo, but the dangerous violence was United's.

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