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befitting

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/ / [bɪˈfɪɾ.ɪŋ]

adj

  1. Appropriate, becoming.

    He moved with a befitting grace.

    At a time when the old have never been more vulnerable and, in many cases, lonely, here is a befitting reminder that the frail souls you see sitting in a semi-circle in a day room on the TV news, their eyes distant and their hair like candy floss, do not necessarily feel as you think they look.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of befit

    But these are not thoughts befitting me; I will endeavour to resign myself cheerfully to death and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world.

    Emmanuel Macron joined heady celebrations in the France dressing room, dabbing alongside star midfielder Paul Pogba and delivering a rousing speech to the team after they won the World Cup in a final befitting a thrilling month-long tournament.