becomingly

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.