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Synonyms for seeming
Synonyms: Noun
appearance, face, guise, name, outward, semblance, show
Synonyms: Adjective
apparent, assumed, evident, ostensible, ostensive, presumed, prima facie, putative, reputed, supposed
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Examples of seeming in a Sentence
Noun
her altruism is all seeming—she cares only about herselfAdjective
Parents discussed the teacher's seeming lack of interest in the students. I was fooled by the seeming simplicity of the instructions.
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The Great Khan required absolute submission, but even repression has some seeming perks. — Zeynep Tufekci, WIRED, "The Internet Has Made Dupes—and Cynics—of Us All," 24 June 2019 Take perhaps the most conventional-seeming, but subtly subversive, of these new works, Lucas Hnath’s Hillary and Clinton, which opened on Broadway this spring. — Adam Green, Vogue, "Meet the Playwrights, Actors, and Directors Radically Reshaping Broadway," 13 May 2019 Streaming video, by contrast, is dominated by huge services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, with more seeming to be bowing into the competition daily, including AT&T’s WarnerMedia, Disney and Comcast. — Tali Arbel, The Seattle Times, "Apple belatedly jumps into the streaming TV business," 25 Mar. 2019 James Knierim's lab at Hopkins has reconciled this seeming discrepancy in a manner Talmudic in its neatness: there's no contradiction! — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, "Collating memories of what happened based on where it happened," 25 Nov. 2018 Luzia’’ — often exceed the seeming limits of human possibility (including a genuinely cringe-inducing performance by a contortionist). — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, "A Cirque du Soleil show that’s as interested in ‘Ahh’ as ‘Wow’," 29 June 2018 What about the infamous footage of her seeming to drift off during the 2015 State of the Union address? — Michael O’sullivan, kansascity, "Ruth Bader Ginsburg reigns supreme in ‘RBG’ documentary | The Kansas City Star," 10 May 2018 The Great Khan required absolute submission, but even repression has some seeming perks. — Zeynep Tufekci, WIRED, "The Internet Has Made Dupes—and Cynics—of Us All," 24 June 2019 Take perhaps the most conventional-seeming, but subtly subversive, of these new works, Lucas Hnath’s Hillary and Clinton, which opened on Broadway this spring. — Adam Green, Vogue, "Meet the Playwrights, Actors, and Directors Radically Reshaping Broadway," 13 May 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The seeming contradiction among Republicans over which constitutional amendments are worth keeping and which are seemingly disposable didn’t go unnoticed on social media. — Graeme Mcmillan, WIRED, "While You Were Offline: Who Wants to See Sean Spicer’s Samba?," 25 Aug. 2019 All of this wrapped in a package of seeming silliness, which is perhaps its greatest achievement as filmmaking craft. — Breeanna Hare, CNN, "We asked what you consider a 'classic movie.' These are your picks," 11 Aug. 2019 Prusha gives Hazel a quavering, half-jittery, half-angry voice and a near-wildness of demeanor while also communicating the fierce resolve and strength underlying her seeming unpredictability. — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, "In ‘The Children,’ wrestling with responsibility in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster," 7 Aug. 2019 Bale played 42 games across competitions in the 2018/19 season, with his game time, particularly in the biggest games, restricted by both fitness and a seeming lack of trust in his ability from the coach. — SI.com, "Gareth Bale's Agent Speaks Out on Possibility of Loan Deal for Unwanted Real Madrid Star," 18 June 2019 Even the most innocent seeming bachelor could be setting up traps that are hard to escape. — Kynala Phillips, Essence, "Longtime Scammer Broke Hearts And Drained Bank Accounts," 17 June 2019 At home, Nazarbayev and his successor Tokayev, however, are under pressure for a seeming lack of action to help ethnic Kazakhs held in Chinese interment camps. — Washington Post, "Former president still looms over Kazakh election," 8 June 2019 But that sort of restraint would benefit every aspect of the ESPN production, which is handicapped by too many voices and a seeming lack of confidence that the game itself is enough to hold viewers’ attention. — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, "ESPN's Alex Rodriguez admits he's 'still a novice' as a TV analyst. Comedian Jeff Garlin is ready for A-Rod to go away.," 6 June 2019 Despite casual phone calls from pop stars and her seeming ubiquity at the world’s most glamorous events, Wyatt is, deep down, a homebody. — Kate Donnelly, Town & Country, "At Home with Texas Philanthropist Lynn Wyatt," 19 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'seeming.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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