- befitting
- adjective Date: 1564 1. suitable, appropriate 2. proper, decent • befittingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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befitting — befitting; un·befitting; … English syllables
Befitting — Be*fit ting, a. Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
befitting — index applicable, apposite, appropriate, condign, convenient, due (regular), eligible, favorable ( … Law dictionary
befitting — 1560s, prp. adjective from BEFIT (Cf. befit) (q.v.). Related: Befittingly … Etymology dictionary
befitting — [adj] appropriate according to Hoyle*, apt, becoming, behooving, beseeming, comme il faut, conforming, correct, decent, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, just, kosher*, nice, on the button*, on the nose*, proper, right, right on*, seemly … New thesaurus
befitting — [bē fit′iŋ, bi fit′iŋ] adj. proper or right; suitable befittingly adv … English World dictionary
befitting — befit ► VERB (befitted, befitting) ▪ be appropriate for. DERIVATIVES befitting adjective … English terms dictionary
Befitting — Befit Be*fit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befitting}.] To be suitable to; to suit; to become. [1913 Webster] That name best befits thee. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
befitting — befittingly, adv. befittingness, n. /bi fit ing/, adj. suitable; proper; becoming: planned with a befitting sense of majesty. [1555 65; BEFIT + ING2] Syn. appropriate, fitting, apt, seemly. Ant. unsuitable, inappropriate, unbecoming. * * * … Universalium
befitting — preposition this is an automobile befitting your fine taste Syn: in keeping with, as befits, appropriate to, fit for, suitable for, suited to, proper to, right for, compatible with, consistent with, in character with; archaic meet for … Thesaurus of popular words
befitting — adjective appropriate to behavior befitting a father • Similar to: ↑appropriate … Useful english dictionary
