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seeming

/ˈsiːmɪŋ/ adjective B2
  1. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, and often opposed to, real or actual). · seeming friendship
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It was then that he encountered for the first time Villefort’s look,—that look peculiar to the magistrate, who, while seeming to read the thoughts of others, betrays nothing of his own.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 60 · C1
The commissary took up an iron mallet and knocked thrice, every blow seeming to Dantès as if struck on his heart.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 69 · C1
The minutes passed by, each seeming an hour to the unfortunate lily maid.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 225 · C1
On his approaching them soon afterwards, though without seeming to have any intention of speaking, Miss Lucas defied her friend to mention such a subject to him, which immediately provoking Elizabeth to do it, she turned to him and said,--
Pride and Prejudice, p. 25 · B2

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