suitably, adv.
(ˈs(j)uːtəblɪ)
Also 6 sutetably, 7 sutably.
[f. suitable a. + -ly.]
† 1. Chiefly const. to: In agreement, conformity, or correspondence; agreeably, correspondingly, according. Obs.
| 1577 Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. 1/2 in Holinshed, My course pack threede coulde not haue beene sutetably knit with his fine silcke. 1654 Whitlock Zootomia 9 In Life Hee is a true Actor..that lives his part Sutably, to strut in Rags, or Crawle in Robes, equally transgresse Decorum. 1686 A. Horneck Crucif. Jesus xxiii. 785 They should perform the task suitably to their leisure. 1729 Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. Pref. 14 Brutes..act suitably to their whole nature. 1749 Power Numbers in Poet. Compos. 52 note, Diversifying the Harmony of the Numbers, by a judicious Mixture of them, suitably to the Nature of the Subject. |
2. In a suitable or fitting manner; appropriately, fitly.
| 1681 S. Fell in Jrnl. Friends' Hist. Soc. (1912) July 136 Words will rise most suitably to answer the matter in hand. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 4 ¶2 These different Perfections are suitably represented by the last great Painter Italy has sent us. 1770 Boston Gaz. 26 Nov. 3/1 These..may suitably employ our minds at the approaching solemnity. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth v, Never was kiss so well bestowed, and meet it is that it should be suitably returned. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 241 Every melody is right when suitably accompanied. |