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suitably

Adverb

Meaning

in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances

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Iron which is brought near a spiral of copper wire, traversed by an electrical current, becomes magnetic, and then attracts other pieces of iron, or a suitably placed steel magnet. Hermann von Helmholtz

If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble. Wyndham Lewis

There were certain impressions I wanted to fix. I read verse models but none seemed to suitably express that kind of impression.. until I came to read French vers libre which seemed to eactly fitr the case. T. E. Hulme

We saw that radiation cannot suitably be pictured as particles when it is traveling through space. There is a corresponding property for electrons; these should not be pictured as waves so long as they are traveling through empty space. James Jeans

I decided to dub the room with the good chairs my lutery. Or perhaps my performatory. I would need a while to come up with something suitably pretentious. Patrick Rothfuss

No one will be able to speak suitably and clearly about anything unless he has shaped his speech by some art, by imitation of the best. Philipp Melanchthon

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