befit
verb (used with object)
to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit.
Example Sentences
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Inside, western shirts of blacks and reds hang from the walls, which are befittingly pink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
It took Clipse around two years to complete “Let God Sort Em Out,” befittingly, entirely produced by Pharrell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela and the much-loved and sometimes controversial anti-apartheid leader, also died this year and was given a befittingly rousing send-off.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2018
Photograph: Richard Saker The aching melancholy of James Blake's Overgrown became a befittingly sombre soundtrack in the frosty month of April.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2013
He chose only the most important subjects; he befittingly addressed always the higher nature of his hearers; and he always spoke with a transparent clearness.
From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed
