Befitting

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  • adjective. Appropriate; suitable; proper.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • ‘Of a suitable kind or character; fit; proper; becoming: as, befitting words; a befitting dress or manner.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of befit.
  • adjective. appropriate, becoming
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  • adjective. appropriate to
    • Word Usage
    "He also wore an expression befitting a totally innocent man and revealed just the proper degree of shock, his eyes opening wider, when Van Sant asked him, “Did you kill your wife?”"
    Equivalent
    appropriate  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    acquitting  admitting  bitting  committing  emitting  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    a propos  ad rem  adapted  advantageous  advisable  
    verb-stem
    befit  
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