Moderation is subdivided into good discipline, seemliness, modesty, and self-control. |
Unequal to the exercise of virtue itself, he thought he had done enough in preserving some of its seemliness. |
He was both exploitative of and deferential to them, telling their stories without regard for seemliness and without filtering out personal details – but in doing so, he achieved a collective dignity for all the afflicted. |
Mezura, seemliness, is contrasted with dezmezura, licentiousness. |
Even unlucky devils, such as myself, are not without a certain respect for that which is fitting, for seemliness and etiquette. |
For an institution whose culture has been built on order and seemliness, it is deeply distressing to learn of serious flaws and even criminal activity within its fold. |