Be that as it may, Miss Baxter was always most becomingly attired, and her whole effect was so entrancing that men have been known to turn in the street as she passed, and murmur, "By Jove!
What a delight it was to him, therefore, to find his home always tranquil, his wife always in good humor, becomingly dressed and smiling.
Let us walk becomingly as in the face of day, not in revels and drunkenness, not in impurities and wantonness, not in strife and envy.
This strikes me as in just that tone of respectful exaggeration and playful acquiescence which a gentleman in this country may very becomingly take toward the whole question.
No person who is not already in such a position as to need no pushing couldbecomingly make his appearance at court.
This same kind of verse is unequal; but still the heroic is becomingly united [476] with the shorter measure.
This, then, was the reason why Lucy felt so anxious to be becomingly dressed, for she had resolved upon a conquest, and she felt sure of success.
Moreover, they had borrowed a nicer taste in dress from the French, and their gowns and bonnets were very becomingly worn.
Isabel's dark hair was puffed out becomingly about cheeks that had added pink applied to them.
The country girl, always making the most of her good features and coloring, was simply, yet becomingly dressed when she met Martin in the Reist sitting-room.
Illustration: In the well-lighted factory of the Briggs and Stratton Company, Milwaukee, the girls are comfortably and becomingly garbed for work.
In the well-lighted factory of the Briggs and Stratton Company, Milwaukee, the girls are comfortably and becomingly garbed for work.
Now to pray to God becomingly is an act of religion as stated above (Q.
Wherefore whatever is useful in conducing to this result is becomingly adopted in the divine praises.
The third regards bodily movements and actions, which require to be done becomingly and honestly [*Cf.
But giving becomingly belongs to beneficence and mercy, which pertain to charity, as state above (QQ.
But this virtue regards the pleasures of fellowship, which have their origin in the reason, in so far as one man behaves becomingly towards another.
She was a strong, tall, vital woman with a sweet irregularity of feature, with a heavy crown of chestnut hair turning slightly grey, quaintly braided, becomingly framing her face.
What he saw was a composite woman with flushed cheeks and soliciting eyes, becomingly gowned and hatted--to the masculine judgment.
Her person should be scrupulously clean, her hair becomingly arranged, her working-gown as neat as she can keep it, and relieved before John comes in by clean collar or ruching and a smooth white apron.
She expected no one but it was always a delight to her to be exquisitely and becomingly dressed.
She knew of the proverbial hospitality of the Spanish--a hospitality that led them to impoverish themselves for the sake of becomingly entertaining their guests.
She intimated, with becomingly downcast eyes, that I might find a fortune within my grasp any time I chose it.
The spectacle of his sister, becomingly arrayed in the lining of the new gown, temporarily eclipsed the claims of Rand's Remedy.
My physical necessities were ever becomingly attended to.
The knowledge that we are becomingly clothed acts like a mental tonic.
But I do claim, in view of its effect on ourselves and on those with whom we come in contact, that it is a duty, as well as the truest economy, to dress as well and becomingly as our position requires and our means will allow.
Her hair must be becomingly arranged, so as not to be at odds with her dress.
Her cheeks were flushed becomingly and her eyes shone, but at the end of that sharp little canter much of the brightness faded and her face clouded.
As he turned the corner he met the girl, booted, spurred, her face shadedbecomingly by a wide-brimmed Stetson.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "becomingly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: amply; decently; exquisitely; gracefully; handsomely; properly; quietly; simply; tastefully; well
