Suiting
['suːtɪŋ] or ['sutɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suit
(n.) Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of clothes.
Checker: Stella
Examples
- We all said it would be warmand we all felt pleasure in folding away heavy garments, and in assuming the attire suiting a sunny season. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Now we have left work off; we have left off suiting one another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Suiting my reply to his love of brevity and dispatch, I said, 'That would suit me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The old gentleman bowed respectfully; and advancing to the magistrate's desk, said, suiting the action to the word, 'That is my name and address, sir. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It looks hospitable, and I want the poor child to have a good time after all her trouble, said Mrs. March, suiting the action to the word. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Norton