Definition of Befittingly

1. Adverb. In an appropriate manner. "He was appropriately dressed"


Definition of Befittingly

1. adv. In a befitting manner; suitably.

Definition of Befittingly

1. Adverb. In a befitting manner ¹

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Definition of Befittingly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Befittingly

befight
befile
befind
befinger
befingered
befingering
befingers
befinned
befiradol
befit
befits
befitted
befittest
befitteth
befitting
befittingly (current term)
befittingness
beflag
beflagged
beflagging
beflags
beflake
beflatter
beflay
beflea
befleaed
befleaing
befleas
befleck
beflecked

Literary usage of Befittingly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gnomon of the New Testament: Pointing Out, from the Natural Force of the by Johann Albrecht Bengel (1864)
"And elsewhere, in referring to ancient prophecy, it most befittingly preserves the peculiarity of the Hebrew text: ch. vi. 16, vii. 17, xi. 4. ..."

2. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1863)
"The stern power of the Osirian creed was befittingly reflected in the ponderous ... were befittingly mirrored jn the dim vistas and far-stretching aisles, ..."

3. The Iliad by Homer (1851)
"But Hector, seeing, reproached him with foul words : " Infatuate ; not befittingly hast thou conceived this rage in thy mind : the people are perishing, ..."

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