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单词 befittingly
释义

befittinglyadv.

Etymology: < befitting adj. + -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: beˈfittingly.
In a befitting manner, suitably, becomingly.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > fittingly or properly
welleOE
fairOE
meetlyOE
rightOE
worthlylOE
haghelyc1175
worthilyc1175
becomelyc1200
properly?c1225
i-semelichec1275
thriftilyc1374
duly1382
sittinglyc1390
justlyc1392
rightfula1400
goodlyc1400
hemelyc1400
meeta1450
statelya1450
ensuingly?1518
handsomely1525
worshipfully1532
decently1552
due1581
meeterly1589
fairly1600
beseemingly1611
dightly1616
becomingly1624
befittingly1638
fittinglya1643
condecently1656
1638 Earl Pembroke in Verney Papers 205 A curassier..befittingly horsed.
1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus v. i. 158 They are to deem that I reject their terms, And act befittingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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