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suitable

[ soo-tuh-buhl ]

/ ˈsu tə bəl /

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adjective

such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.

Origin of suitable

First recorded in 1505–15; suit + -able

SYNONYMS FOR suitable

proper, befitting, seemly, apt.

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OTHER WORDS FROM suitable

suit·a·bil·i·ty, suit·a·ble·ness, noun suit·a·bly, adverb pre·suit·a·bil·i·ty, noun pre·suit·a·ble, adjective

pre·suit·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby suitable

suit down to the ground, suit oneself, suit up, suit-dress, suita, suitable, suitcase, suite, suited, suiter, suiting

Example sentences from the Web for suitably

All the excitement of her rabble rousing had been suitably extinguished, along with our enthusiasm for this show.

‘Downton Abbey’ Finale Review: The Depressing Demise of a Once-Great Show |Kevin Fallon |February 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In uncertain times, voters want a leader who can be trusted to suitably manage essential programs.

When You Can't Run As a Moderate in 2012... |Justin Green |November 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
By the end of the interview, the admissions officer, suitably impressed (or charmed), told Peters he would be accepted.

Do College Interviews Count? |Steve Cohen, Mike Muska |October 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
A restaurant menu is the nexus of a diner, a dinner, a chef and the suitably hospitable environment in which a meal is served.

Vintage American Menus |David Lincoln Ross |September 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Afanador does a similar turn with his aesthetic cape in the black-and-white arena of his suitably large Rizzoli book.

A Pictorial Ode to Michelle |Stanley Crouch |December 4, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Charles Gould, to use the suitably lofty phrase, rode like a centaur.

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard |Joseph Conrad
The annual varieties are best sown early in April, where they are intended to flower, and suitably thinned out as growth is made.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2 |Various
Never was kiss so well bestowed, and meet it is that it should be suitably returned.

The Fair Maid of Perth |Sir Walter Scott
Then an offer was made to clothe me suitably and pay me something besides.

Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail |Ezra Meeker
We are pleased to perceive that the writings of Hartley Coleridge are soon to be collected and suitably published.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for suitably

suitable

/ (ˈsuːtəbəl, ˈsjuːt-) /

adjective

appropriate; proper; fit

Derived forms of suitable

suitability or suitableness, noun suitably, adverb