befittingly

1. 1.

   in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances

   “he was appropriately dressed”

   “If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave!”

   “I met the junior senator from Illinois and I was duly impressed”

   Synonymsappropriatelysuitablyfittinglyfitlyproperlyduly

Questions about befittingly

What does befittingly mean?

befittingly means "in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances".

How many syllables are in befittingly?

befittingly has 4 syllables: be-fit-tin-gly. The stress falls on "fit".

What is another word for befittingly?

Close synonyms include appropriately, suitably, fittingly, fitly, properly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is befittingly a common word?

befittingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.