becoming
adjective
that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing.
becomingness
-
a word derived from
becoming.
Example Sentences
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Poem to Phyllis, congratulating her on the becomingness of her Easter hat.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2019
Nay, rather suitability, harmony, becomingness, unobtrusiveness, fitness for the place and person are the qualities that make it perfect.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Maud C. Cooke
Hence the need of a special virtue that maintains the becomingness of this order: and this virtue is called friendliness.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
The becomingness of Cecilia's gray, or rather white, hair struck me more than any other change in her.
From Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble
The anticipation was fulfilled next day by the completion of a shirt waist so striking in design and fit that even John noticed its beauty and becomingness and acknowledged that the chart was "no humbug."
From Clover and Blue Grass by Eliza Calvert Hall
