Bee Wilson

One of the rudest things you can do, food-wise, is to stare at someone in the act of eating. It draws attention to the unseemly fact that eating is a bodily function - like animals, we are trapped by our hungers, but we do our best to disguise them with such civilized props as menus and forks.

British Journalist

Fran Lebowitz

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

American Journalist

Ravi Shankar

Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.

Indian Musician

Thomas Edward Brown

I must be free... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting.

British Poet

Moliere

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

French Playwright

Claire McCaskill

Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

American Politician

Meghan O'Rourke

Hamlet' is a play about a man whose grief is deemed unseemly.

American Poet

Horace

It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.

Roman Poet

Joan Collins

It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.

American Actress

Naguib Mahfouz

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.

Egyptian Novelist

Understanding what's fitting varies with different cultures and situations, not just universal standards.

Cultural Sensitivity

Use 'seemly' when discussing behavior in social situations which require a level of decorum or propriety.

Social Settings

'Seemly' can be subjective; what seems fitting to one might not to others. Use when the consensus is clear.

Ambiguity

When using 'seemly' as an adverb, it often pertains to someone's actions or demeanor.

Behavioral Focus

Using 'seemly' to describe actions can imply subtle approval or satisfaction with how someone is conducting themselves.

Subtle Approval

 the General Pompey sought refuge in Egypt but was executed by Cleopatra's brother instead." "Caesar must have liked that." "Actually, he found the murder unseemly and demanded repayment of Egypt's debt.

History vs. Cleopatra -...

 when faced with a common enemy, respond as one humanity, and instead you know, catalyze a really unseemly scramble between nations