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suitably en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English suitable Middle English -ly English -ly English suitably From suitable + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a suitable manner; with propriety.
    • Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Forms

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most suitably Degree=Sup lexicographic
more suitably Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

accordingly · appropriately · consistently · conformably · fitly · accordantly · rightly · duly · agreeably · agreeably · fitly · properly · duly · properly · becomingly · suitably · compliantly

Translations (10)

grc εἰκότως (in a suitable manner) · eo taŭge (in a suitable manner) · fi kelvollisesti (in a suitable manner) · la parissimē (in a suitable manner) · te అనుగుణంగా (in a suitable manner) · fi sopivasti (in a suitable manner) · es apropiadamente (in a suitable manner) · fr convenablement (in a suitable manner) · la aptē (in a suitable manner) · ca adequadament (in a suitable manner)