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# seemly

adjective

«seemly» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

In Proverbs it says honour and luxury do not suit a fool.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as teaching that honor must be earned by wisdom and good conduct.

### Meaning

Proper and fitting; suitable for the occasion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seemly/#m1)

### Examples

- Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. (Writings PRO.19.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seemly/#x1)
- As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. (Writings PRO.26.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seemly/#x2)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «seemly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seemly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«seemly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/seemly.html) on Mova free.