becomingly

English

Etymology

From becoming +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/

Adverb

becomingly (comparative more becomingly, superlative most becomingly)

  1. In a becoming manner.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 44:
      The pleated skirts she liked were becomingly short.
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