suitably Jun 1st 2013, 07:56 | | Line 8: | Line 8: | | | | | | # In a [[suitable]] manner; [[fitly]]; [[agreeably]]; with [[propriety]]. | | # In a [[suitable]] manner; [[fitly]]; [[agreeably]]; with [[propriety]]. | | + | #*{{quote-book|year=1963|author={{w|Margery Allingham}}|title={{w|The China Governess}} | | + | |chapter=5|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL2004261W | | + | |passage=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.}} | | | | | | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
Latest revision as of 07:56, 1 June 2013 English[edit] Etymology[edit] suitable + -ly suitably (comparative more suitably, superlative most suitably) - In a suitable manner; fitly; agreeably; with propriety.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, The China Governess[1]:
- 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.
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