becomingly

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English

Etymology

From becoming +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/
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Adverb

becomingly (comparative more becomingly, superlative most becomingly)

  1. In a becoming manner.
    • 1885 July 9, The Hamilton Spectator, page 4:
      Some of these were dressed most gorgeously, others becomingly, and several sneaked in with fantail bangers, calling themselves "Gentlemen of the Nineteenth Century."
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 44:
      The pleated skirts she liked were becomingly short.