suitably

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor

Proto-Italic *sekʷōr

Vulgar Latin sequor, sequi

Vulgar Latin *sequere

Vulgar Latin *sequita

Old French siute

Anglo-Norman suitebor.

Middle English sute

English suit

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English suitable

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English suitably

From suitable + -ly.

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suitably (comparative more suitably, superlative most suitably)

In a suitable manner; with propriety.
Synonyms: properly, duly, fitly, agreeably; see also Thesaurus:conformably
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.

in a suitable manner