different between seemliness vs orderliness

English

Etymology

From Middle English semelynes, semlynesse, equivalent to seemly +? -ness.

Noun

seemliness (countable and uncountable, plural seemlinesses)

1. (uncountable) The property of being seemly, appropriateness of conduct or behavior.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 10

     Her black dress, simple to austerity, suggested her bereaved condition, and I was innocently astonished that notwithstanding a real emotion she was able to dress the part she had to play according to her notions of seemliness.

2. (countable) The result or product of being seemly.

Antonyms

• unseemliness

Translations

Anagrams

• semilenses

English

Etymology

From orderly +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???d?l?n?s/

Noun

orderliness (usually uncountable, plural orderlinesses)

1. The fact of having a regular, proper and systematic arrangement.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 205:

     Voltaire had drawn on Newton to demonstrate an allegedly divine orderliness in the natural world which left no space for God's intervention in human affairs [...].

2. Orderly behaviour.

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