— becomingly , adv. — becomingness , n.
/bi kum"ing/ , adj.
1. that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
2. suitable; appropriate; proper: a becoming sentiment.
n.
3. any process of change.
4. Aristotelianism. any change involving realization of potentialities, as a movement from the lower level of potentiality to the higher level of actuality.
[ 1555-65; BECOME + -ING 1 , -ING 2 ]
Syn. 1. comely. 2. fitting, meet, fit, apt, right, decorous, congruous, seemly.