She was becomingly dressed. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo. ,a becoming sentiment. From Dictionary.com.
My physical necessities were ever becomingly attended to. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
North, if only some one would tell us how to do it becomingly. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
It dragged from the author a becomingly modest acknowledgment. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917] Reference
Obj. 3: Further, none can becomingly announce what he knows not. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
Olimpia had a colour, and flew it now most becomingly in her cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
She was rather becomingly dressed in a dark-blue gingham sailor suit. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
He sees Lotte coming out of the house, becomingly attired for a country-ball. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
The most becomingly dressed woman is not always the most expensively dressed. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
Therefore this announcement was not becomingly made by the archangel Gabriel. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
Bessie realized that her secret had become common property, and blushed becomingly. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
Gibbon glanced grudgingly at them, nestling becomingly enough under Bessie's plump chin. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
"When the national struggle was to begin, he becomingly cast these varieties behind him.". From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
"Because you never had pretty things to wear, Susie -- because you never dressed becomingly.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
She will, without doubt, wear her laurels becomingly, and her success will be easily acquired. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
He was dressed most becomingly in a pleated white chemise, frilled rough, and tight black hose. From Wordnik.com. [The Stream and The Torrent] Reference
They motored and swam and fished and hiked, and got as becomingly sunburned and tanned as young. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
Therefore it seems that the announcement of the Incarnation could not be made becomingly by any angel. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
Once, indeed, placed in a conspicuous and responsible situation, I was anxious to act becomingly in it. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348] Reference
A ring at the door bell, a vision of a beautiful face and a graceful figure becomingly dressed, conquered Black. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
"I guess some of the good looks are your own, Randy," Janie answered, which caused Randy to blush most becomingly. From Wordnik.com. [Randy and Her Friends] Reference
One of the internes wasn't half bad, so I kept the nurse busy combing my adopted hair and pinning it on becomingly. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
Fortunately, one may show all delicate consideration in this matter, and yet be beautifully and becomingly dressed. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
Her cheeks were becomingly flushed and her eyes glowed with the excitement of arriving for the first time in New York. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
"Why can't you get up, Mis 'West?" inquired Persis, regarding the prostrate woman with a becomingly serious countenance. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
The spectacle of his sister, becomingly arrayed in the lining of the new gown, temporarily eclipsed the claims of Rand's Remedy. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
A very young girl may becomingly be thinner than a matron, but the following table gives a fair indication of proper proportions. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
What a delight it was to him, therefore, to find his home always tranquil, his wife always in good humor, becomingly dressed and smiling. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her snowy hair was dressed becomingly; her checks were naturally pink and quite smooth, despite the countless wrinkles that netted her throat. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
She wept a few quiet tears for her lost hopes, and then she arrayed herself becomingly, and, with a look of purpose on her face, went down to tea. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
"Thank you, but we haven't any ills!" cried "Brown Betty," as her friends were beginning to call her, for certainly she was tanned most becomingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
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