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seem<br />

v. appear, look (as if or non-standard in US like), sound,<br />

feel, have (all) the hallmarks or earmarks of, give every<br />

indication or appearance of: He seems all right to me. She<br />

seems to have forgotten her key again. It seems as if I've never<br />

been away at all. He seemed frightened.<br />

seeming adj. apparent, evident, ostensible, outward, superficial,<br />

surface, assumed, feigned, pretended, false, so-called, alleged,<br />

specious, purported, professed: She was shocked by his seeming<br />

indifference to her problems.<br />

seemingly adv. apparently, evidently, ostensibly, outwardly,<br />

superficially, falsely, allegedly, speciously, purportedly,<br />

professedly, on the face of it, possibly, feasibly, conceivably,<br />

plausibly, believably: The purpose of this seemingly honest<br />

confession was to throw the detectives off the scent.<br />

seemly adj. 1 proper, fitting, appropriate, becoming, suited,<br />

suitable, fit, befitting, apt, comme il faut, right, apropos,<br />

apposite, characteristic, meet, reasonable, sensible: You can<br />

count on Felix to do the seemly thing in such cases. 2 decent,<br />

decorous, proper, dignified, genteel, gentlemanly, ladylike,<br />

diplomatic, discreet, prudent, politic: She behaved in a seemly<br />

manner, in keeping with what was expected of a princess.<br />

seer<br />

n. soothsayer, fortune-teller, sibyl, oracle, prophet,<br />

prophetess, augur, vaticinator, prophesier, clairvoyant,<br />

psychic, crystal-gazer, star-gazer: The seer foretold a grave<br />

famine and much suffering in the land.<br />

see-saw n. 1 teeter: The children were playing on the see-saw.<br />

--v. 2 teeter, totter, waver, vary, vacillate, oscillate,<br />

alternate, fluctuate, swing, switch: He couldn't make up his<br />

mind and kept see-sawing between staying and going.<br />

seethe v. 1 boil, stew, simmer, foam: In the kitchen, a large pot of<br />

stew seethed on the stove. 2 stew, simmer, foam (at the mouth),<br />

fume, smoulder, burn, rage, rant, rave, become livid or<br />

feverish, be in ferment, be furious or incensed, Colloq blow<br />

one's stack or top, carry on, take on, get hot under the collar,<br />

get red in the face, get all steamed up: The ball sailed<br />

through Mr Griffiths' new greenhouse and he came out seething

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