becomingly

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.