suitable

[soo-tuh-buhl]

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adjective

such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.

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Origin of suitable

First recorded in 1505–15; suit + -able

SYNONYMS FOR suitable

proper, befitting, seemly, apt.

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suit·a·bil·i·ty, suit·a·ble·ness, nounsuit·a·bly, adverbpre·suit·a·bil·i·ty, nounpre·suit·a·ble, adjective

pre·suit·a·bly, adverb

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Strauss-Kahn famously logged more than 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) selling his suitability to IMF members in 2007.
Christine Lagarde: Can a Woman Save the IMF?|Tracy McNicoll|June 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Mrs. Bouncing shook her head and sobbed louder; sobbing seemed a refuge from suitability.
The Dark Tower|Phyllis Bottome
It is of importance to enumerate some rules of interpretation which recommend themselves on account of their suitability.
International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2)|Lassa Francis Oppenheim
The design and kind used in a room should be chosen with due regard to its suitability.
Furnishing the Home of Good Taste|Lucy Abbot Throop

Similarly, stones carefully chosen for their suitability for throwing would be probably kept, and a small store of them collected.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
The most obvious external condition that suitability for mural inscription imposes is one of rigid limitation as to length.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various

British Dictionary definitions for suitability

suitable

adjective

appropriate; proper; fit

Derived Formssuitability or suitableness, nounsuitably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for suitability

suitability

1680s, from suitable + -ity.

suitable

adj.

1580s, from suit + -able. Earlier suit-like (1560s); suitly (mid-15c.).

suitable

adjective

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suitable

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