befitting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of befit

   But these are not thoughts befitting me; I will endeavour to resign myself cheerfully to death and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world.

   1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 63

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   Emmanuel Macron joined heady celebrations in the France dressing room, dabbing alongside star midfielder Paul Pogba and delivering a rousing speech to the team after they won the World Cup in a final befitting a thrilling month-long tournament.

   2018 July 15, Martha Kelner, Shaun Walker, “France’s victory was a befitting end to a thrilling World Cup”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2023

comparative more befitting · superlative most befitting

1. Appropriate, becoming.

   He moved with a befitting grace.

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   At a time when the old have never been more vulnerable and, in many cases, lonely, here is a befitting reminder that the frail souls you see sitting in a semi-circle in a day room on the TV news, their eyes distant and their hair like candy floss, do not necessarily feel as you think they look.

   2020 June 22, Rachel Cooke, “The Summer of Her Life by Thomas von Steinaecker and Barbara Yelin – review”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023