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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Becoming

· Be·com·ing · IPA /bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/
01 a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
  1. 1.
    Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
    “A low and becoming tone.” — Thackeray.
    “Such discourses as are becoming of them.” — Dryden.
Syn. Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.
02 n. That which is becoming or appropriate.
  1. 1.
    That which is becoming or appropriate.[Obs.]