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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In a befitting or appropriate manner; becomingly.

Wiktionary

  1. adv. In a befitting manner

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adv. In a befitting manner; suitably.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. in an appropriate manner

Examples

  • “While Brussels befittingly features a tree in a simple Old World style, Abu Dhabi's headline-making Emirates Palace Hotel tannenbaum is decked out in an estimated $11 million worth of premium bling.”

    The Huffington Post: The World's Most Stunning Christmas Trees

  • “And befittingly, the last episode to air of these six is a special show to me -- going to the Mint 400 off the Las Vegas Strip, where Hunter S. Thompson dropped his drugs of choice and wrote an article intended for Rolling Stone, which was originally intended for Sports Illustrated.”

    The Huffington Post: Bob Saget: Strange Days Indeed...

  • “During his talk entitled, Tackling Our Nature Deficiency Disorder, David de Rothschild befittingly quoted the late American design guru, Richard Buckminster Fuller stating that, You never change things by fighting the existing reality.”

    The Huffington Post: Deborah Bassett: Breaking The Plastic Addiction: TEDx

  • “Oscar de la Renta has snipped straight to the point with the befittingly named Cut-Out Bootie, which maintains the classic ankle-boot shape but exposes a triangle of skin just behind the toes (€489; neimanmarcus. com).”

    Newsweek: Fashion: Holes In The Sides Of Her Shoes

  • “When the silver Clarkson Cup is out there, I’m happy to think that the explosive growth and the excellence of Canadian women’s hockey will be befittingly recognized.”

    "What I've Seen"

  • “Therefore, be it resolved that January 19th, befittingly a Friday shall be Radical Fun Day.”

    Fun has now been penciled into the schedule -- Pass it on

  • “BTW, I also seriously like your pseudonym , and you're not deluded - I sometimes don't comment on your posts because I don't think I could compose a befittingly eloquent response.”

    Why Do I Blog?

  • “Up and over the verge of this little basaltic precipice the facile wind blows from a befittingly narrow ravine, heavily freighted with perfume of a whole grove, down upon the lusty heads of which we admiringly gaze.”

    Last Leaves from Dunk Island

  • “She was dressed befittingly in black; but her skirt and blouse, for all their sombre colour, had clearly been cut without the slightest intention of concealing the shape of what they enclosed.”

    Salvage for the Saint

  • “Now, as to those engaged in these enterprises and professions a few words may be befittingly said.”

    Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro

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