SUITABLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suitably mean? 

• SUITABLY (adverb)
  The adverb SUITABLY has 1 sense:

1. in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances

  Familiarity information: SUITABLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUITABLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances

Synonyms:

appropriately; befittingly; duly; fitly; fittingly; properly; suitably

Context example:

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

Antonym:

unsuitably (in an inappropriate manner)

Pertainym:

suitable (meant or adapted for an occasion or use)

 Context examples 

His brows drew in slightly with the mental effort of suitably phrasing thoughts which he had never before put into speech.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

To be going so soon, sent for so kindly, sent for as a comfort, and with leave to take Susan, was altogether such a combination of blessings as set her heart in a glow, and for a time seemed to distance every pain, and make her incapable of suitably sharing the distress even of those whose distress she thought of most.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

All equality of alliance must rest with Elizabeth, for Mary had merely connected herself with an old country family of respectability and large fortune, and had therefore given all the honour and received none: Elizabeth would, one day or other, marry suitably.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)