seeming

[see-ming] /ˈsi mɪŋ/
adjective
1.
apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified:
a seeming advantage.
noun
2.
appearance, especially outward or deceptive appearance.
Origin
1300-50; Middle English semynge; see seem, -ing2, -ing1
Related forms
seemingly, adverb
seemingness, noun
Synonyms
1. ostensible, external, superficial. 2. semblance, face, pretense.

seem

[seem] /sim/
verb (used without object)
1.
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
She seems better this morning.
2.
to appear to one's own senses, mind, observation, judgment, etc.:
It seems to me that someone is calling.
3.
to appear to exist:
There seems no need to go now.
4.
to appear to be true, probable, or evident:
It seems likely to rain.
5.
to give the outward appearance of being or to pretend to be:
He only seems friendly because he wants you to like him.
Origin
1150-1200; Middle English seme < Old Norse sœma to befit, beseem, derivative of sœmr fitting, seemly; akin to sōmi honor
Synonyms
4. Seem, appear, look refer to an outward aspect that may or may not be contrary to reality. Seem is applied to something that has an aspect of truth and probability: It seems warmer today. Appear suggests the giving of an impression that may be superficial or illusory: The house appears to be deserted. Look more vividly suggests the use of the eye (literally or figuratively) or the aspect as perceived by the eye: She looked very much frightened.
Examples from the web for seeming
  • The wine's sweet-seeming fruit, balanced with creamy lemon flavors, will keep you coming back to the corn.
  • The walls swoop in tight, then flare out, the rock seeming to flow.
  • In spite of its seeming advantages, the dinosaur possessed little ability to respond to changed conditions.
  • The seeming disorder of calcite highlights the geometric precision of fluorite.
  • One imagines chanting and drumming, the animals on the great pillars seeming to move in flickering torchlight.
  • What's more, despite the seeming remoteness of the vistas, the video captures several signs of life.
  • Some spiders have another seeming superpower: an ability to adhere to sheer surfaces, even when upside down.
  • Others can have the disease but show no symptoms, turning people in seeming good health into carriers.
  • For all their silent, seeming immobility, a flurry of activity is taking place in each and every cell and panel.
  • Oil field traffic hurried out on a web of roads, seeming to skim along on a silver-rimmed mirage.
British Dictionary definitions for seeming

seeming

/ˈsiːmɪŋ/
adjective
1.
(prenominal) apparent but not actual or genuine: seeming honesty
noun
2.
outward or false appearance
Derived Forms
seemingness, noun

seem

/siːm/
verb (may take an infinitive)
1.
(copula) to appear to the mind or eye; look: this seems nice, the car seems to be running well
2.
to give the impression of existing; appear to be: there seems no need for all this nonsense
3.
used to diminish the force of a following infinitive to be polite, more noncommittal, etc: I can't seem to get through to you
Derived Forms
seemer, noun
like1
Word Origin
C12: perhaps from Old Norse soma to beseem, from sœmr befitting; related to Old English sēman to reconcile; see same
Word Origin and History for seeming
adj.

late 14c., present participle adjective from seem. Seemingly in sense of "to all appearances" recorded from 1590s.

seem

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.