befitting
[ bih-fit-ing ]
adjective
suitable; proper; becoming: planned with a befitting sense of majesty.
Origin of befitting
1Other words for befitting
Opposites for befitting
Other words from befitting
- be·fit·ting·ly, adverb
- be·fit·ting·ness, noun
- un·be·fit·ting, adjective
- well-be·fit·ting, adjective
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How to use befitting in a sentence
No doubt he might have won her, but he is restrained by the horror of being grotesque and indulging in antics unbefitting his age.
Knut Hamsun | Hanna Astrup LarsenBilson was careless about the wine; Sophronia took to the wearing of gowns unbefitting a maid of forty years.
Short Sixes | H. C. BunnerThe simplest thing would be to come to an understanding with Katie, but that was unbefitting Lilly's station.
The Song of Songs | Hermann SudermannSixty years since, a little turn-up nose was universally regarded as a nose wholly unbefitting a poet.
The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2) | John Cordy Jeaffreson"A vulgarism not altogether unbefitting," said the Professor, stumbling along in the dark.
A Yankee from the West | Opie Read
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