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becoming(1) (iou)



becoming adjective. L15.
[formed as BECOMING noun + -ING2.]
Fitting, suitable; characterized by grace or decorum; tending to show the wearer etc. to advantage, attractive-looking.
L. M. Montgomery We are so much older..that it isn't becoming to talk of childish matters. W. C. Williams In their crisp and becoming uniforms, they appear as beautiful young women. I. Murdoch Her hair is permanently waved in whatever fashion is declared to be the most becoming. N. Pevsner Wren's sense of becoming conformity in putting Tom Tower on Cardinal Wolsey's gatehouse at Christ Church. absol.: Ld Macaulay Selfcommand and a fine sense of the becoming.
becomingly adverb E17.
becomingness noun M17.