becomingly

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/ UK /bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adv
in a manner that is attractive or fitting

She blushed becomingly at the compliment.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a manner that is... attractively fittingly suitably gracefully appropriately tastefully

Opposites

unbecominglyunsuitablyinappropriately

Word family

Related forms becoming become unbecoming

Etymology

From becoming (present participle of become used adjectivally) + the adverbial suffix -ly. Become is from Old English becuman ('to come to, arrive, happen'), from be- + cuman ('to come').

becuman Old English -ly Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# becomingly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/
**IPA (UK):** /bɪˈkʌmɪŋli/

## Meanings
1. in a manner that is attractive or fitting

## Examples
- She blushed becomingly at the compliment.

## Synonyms
- attractively
- fittingly
- suitably
- gracefully
- appropriately
- tastefully

## Antonyms
- unbecomingly
- unsuitably
- inappropriately

## Related Forms
- becoming
- become
- unbecoming

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: becuman
- Root: -ly

## Etymology
From becoming (present participle of become used adjectivally) + the adverbial suffix -ly. Become is from Old English becuman ('to come to, arrive, happen'), from be- + cuman ('to come').

## AI Etymology
Becomingly is from becoming (present participle of become used adjectivally) + the adverbial suffix -ly. Become is from Old English becuman ('to come to, arrive, happen'), from be- + cuman ('to come'). In present-day use, it means in a manner that is attractive or fitting. Related vocabulary includes becoming, become, and unbecoming.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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