becomingly

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UK/bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/

adverb

In a becoming manner.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbbecomingly (comparative more becomingly, superlative most becomingly)

comparative more becomingly · superlative most becomingly

  1. In a becoming manner.

    The pleated skirts she liked were becomingly short.

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 44
    1 more example

    Some of these were dressed most gorgeously, others becomingly, and several sneaked in with fantail bangers, calling themselves "Gentlemen of the Nineteenth Century."

    1885 July 9, The Hamilton Spectator, page 4

    Synonyms: agreeably, chastely, decently, pleasingly, accordantly, accordingly, agreeably, appropriately

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Chicago

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