Meanings
comparative more becomingly · superlative most becomingly
- In a becoming manner.
The pleated skirts she liked were becomingly short.
1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 441 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 4Synonyms: agreeably, chastely, decently, pleasingly, accordantly, accordingly, agreeably, appropriately
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a becoming manner.
Origin
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