Seeming

a.	1.	Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth. My lord, you have lost a friend indeed; And I dare swear you borrow not that face Of seeming sorrow, it is sure your own. - Shak.
n.	1.	Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness. These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long. - Shak.
	2.	Apprehension; judgment. Nothing more clear unto their seeming. - Hooker. His persuasive words, impregned With reason, to her seeming. - Milton.

Adj.

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seeming - appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty" Synonyms: ostensible, apparent

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