Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- After a becoming or proper manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a becoming manner.
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- adverb In a
becoming manner.
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- adverb in a becoming manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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-- Comp. un-fǣger. fægere, fægre, adv., _beautifully, well, becomingly, according to etiquette_: fægere geþǣgon medoful manig, 1015; þā wæs flet-sittendum fægere gereorded, _becomingly the repast was served_, 1789; Higelāc ongan
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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-- Comp. un-fäger. fägere, fägre, adv., _beautifully, well, becomingly, according to etiquette_: fägere geþægon medoful manig, 1015; þâ wäs flet-sittendum fägere gereorded, _becomingly the repast was served_, 1789; Higelâc ongan
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Let us walk honestly -- "becomingly," "seemingly" as in the day -- "Men choose the night for their revels, but our night is past, for we are all the children of the light and of the day (1Th
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As Folger Theatre continually reminds us in its sturdily acted, becomingly visual "Henry VIII," history is in the imaginative mind of the conjurer -- in this case, William Shakespeare.
Theater review: Folger Theatre's 'Henry VIII' Peter Marks 2010
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[She takes off wig, fluffs her own hair becomingly, and puts on bonnet, looking every inch a pretty young girl, ready for an automobile ride.]
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He would take a woman with beautiful long hair, who could have used some advice about styling it becomingly - and he would butcher it all right off, frequently cutting her hair shorter than men were wearing theirs at the time, cooing about how the long hair wasn't feminine, but a short cut WAS feminine!
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[She takes off wig, fluffs her own hair becomingly, and puts on bonnet, looking every inch a pretty young girl, ready for an automobile ride.]
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George Anderson was becomingly modest about his imminent Military Cross, for leading a raid on enemy trenches, killing the sentry, and with a corporal carrying back the body of one of his men.
Letters from the front to go on show at Christ's College, Cambridge 2011
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Meanwhile, renewables are becomingly increasingly competitive.
Tina Gerhardt: The Canary in the Coal Mine: Stopping Climate Change - Ted Nace: Climate Hope 2010
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I dressed Sylvia in pretty clothes and styled her hair becomingly.
My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010
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