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Meanings of unseemly manner in English

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Usage of unseemly manner in English
1
Some were getting ready to die in a most unseemly manner.
Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories
2
He laughed in a very unseemly manner; while I descried nothing to laugh about.
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
3
We will not have the daughter of Randolph Merlin assailed in such unseemly manner.
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
4
They flocked around us in an unseemly manner, uttering shrill cries and quacking hideously.
The Story of a Child
5
Lupin burst out laughing, and, in the most unseemly manner, said: Alas, poor Cummings.
The Diary of a Nobody
6
Yet in what an unseemly manner is his respectful piety and courteous loyalty rewarded!
The Wallet of Kai Lung
7
Skylan was surprised her stepfather, Sigurd, hadn't berated her for exposing her body in such an unseemly manner.
Rage of the Dragon
8
It was not pleasant to be badgered in this unseemly manner while engaged in beating one's own preserves.
The Gates of Chance
9
But, even were it true, it is no reason why you should break out in that unseemly manner.
The Channings: A Story
10
He expects me to assume all his enmity toward the Jesuits, and urges it in a most unseemly manner.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
11
Arthur wondered, and said, "Why do you come before me in this unseemly manner, girt with a great sword?"
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5
12
There stood a cradle with an infant in it- ared ,ribald ,unintelligible ,babbling ,beautifulinfant, sputtering at life in an unseemly manner.
Heart of the West
13
These girls wore wide hoops, being obliged to put on breeches, as otherwise they would have interested the passers by in an unseemly manner.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
14
"I feel as if the jackal moon had been down here snouting around in an unseemly manner." Sister Apothecaire adjusted her garments.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
15
"Pardon, Baron Pollnitz, pardon," said he in a tone of mock humility, "that I have dared to welcome you in such an unseemly manner.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
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