Another word for befitting | Synonyms for befitting

Another word for befitting

adjective

Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place:
appropriate, apt, becoming, correct, felicitous, fit¹, fitting, happy, meet², proper, right, tailor-made. See right
Suited to one's end or purpose:
appropriate, convenient, expedient, fit¹, good, meet², proper, suitable, tailor-made, useful. See agree, good
Conforming to accepted standards:
becoming, comely, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, de rigueur, nice, proper, respectable, right, seemly. See courtesy

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The other Guardians filed out in silence befitting a funeral.
(5) They believe in the existence of one Supreme God - a God endowed with a distinct personality, moral attributes worthy of His nature and an intelligence befitting the Governor of the universe, and they worship Him alone.
Rufus accepted the verdict with the resignation befitting a Stoic and pupil of Panaetius.
The recognition of Germany as a leading factor in the world's counsels had been given, and the people of Berlin could indulge in the task of embellishing the capital in a manner befitting its position.
The establishment of the imperial government in Berlin naturally brought with it the erection of a large number of public buildings, and the great prosperity of the country, as well as the enhanced national feeling, has enabled them to be built on a scale of splendour befitting the capital of an empire.

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