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seeming

adjective

apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.

noun

appearance, especially outward or deceptive appearance.

verb (used without object)

to appear to be, feel, do, etc.: She seems better this morning.
to appear to one’s own senses, mind, observation, judgment, etc.: It seems to me that someone is calling.
to appear to exist: There seems no need to go now.
to appear to be true, probable, or evident: It seems likely to rain.
to give the outward appearance of being or to pretend to be: He only seems friendly because he wants you to like him.

adjective

(prenominal) apparent but not actual or genuineseeming honesty

noun

outward or false appearance

verb (may take an infinitive)

(copula) to appear to the mind or eye; lookthis seems nice; the car seems to be running well
to give the impression of existing; appear to bethere seems no need for all this nonsense
used to diminish the force of a following infinitive to be polite, more noncommittal, etcI can’t seem to get through to you

adj.late 14c., present participle adjective from seem. Seemingly in sense of “to all appearances” recorded from 1590s. v.c.1200, “to appear to be;” c.1300, “to be fitting, be appropriate, be suitable,” though the more recent sense in English is the etymological one; from Old Norse soema “to honor; to put up with; to conform to (the world, etc.),” verb derived from adjective soemr “fitting,” from Proto-Germanic *somi- (cf. Old English som “agreement, reconciliation,” seman “to conciliate,” source of Middle English semen “to settle a dispute,” literally “to make one;” Old Danish some “to be proper or seemly”), from PIE *som-i-, from root *sem- “one, as one” (see same). Related: Seemed; seeming.