a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. [ 1913 Webster ]
A low and becoming tone. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
Formerly sometimes followed by of. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That which is becoming or appropriate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a becoming manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. [ 1913 Webster ]
The becomingness of human nature. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting, guest. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your coming days and years. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Coming in.
a.
Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr,
And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
A full incoming profit on the product of his labor. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The incomings and outgoings of the trains. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many incomings are subject to great fluctuations. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of coming between; intervention; interference. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unbecoming. Milton. --
adj. moving toward one; approaching.
n. the beginning or early stages; the onset.
a. Conquering; subduing. --
n. The act of falling, or coming short; as:
a. [ Pref. un- not + becoming. ] Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. [ 1913 Webster ]
My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
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