Befitting
[bɪ'fɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Befit
(a.) Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
Typist: Weldon
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Becoming, suitable, fit, proper, right, meet, seemly, appropriate, congruous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fitting, decent, becoming, suitable, appropriate, proper, consistent,expedient, desirable
ANT:Obligatory, compulsory, unbefitting, indecent, unbecoming, unsuitable,inappropriate, incompatible, inexpedient, improper
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Examples
- Bring writing materials when you come next to my cell, and within a few hours we shall see you garbed in a style befitting your birth and carriage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We have been unfortunate, and recent events have drawn us from that every-day tranquillity befitting my years and infirmities. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Did I profess to teach them the conduct befitting ladies? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In doing this, I underwent a kind of rough usage, ill befitting the wounds that my mind had sustained. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Whiffin, proclaim silence,' said the mayor, with an air of pomp befitting his lofty station. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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