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Webster 1913 Edition

Becomingly

Be-com′ing-ly

,
adv.
In a becoming manner.

Webster 1828 Edition

Becomingly

BECOM'INGLY

,
adv.
After a becoming or proper manner.

Definition 2024

becomingly

becomingly

English

Adverb

becomingly ‎(comparative more becomingly, superlative most becomingly)

  1. In a becoming manner.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 44:
      The pleated skirts she liked were becomingly short.

Etymology

From becoming +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/

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