becomingness

Example Sentences

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Poem to Phyllis, congratulating her on the becomingness of her Easter hat.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2019

Ladies dress elegantly, and in any manner, or color, that fancy or becomingness may dictate.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

Nay, rather suitability, harmony, becomingness, unobtrusiveness, fitness for the place and person are the qualities that make it perfect.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

Yes, in spite of the feeling of looseness about her head which worried her not a little, she could see the intense becomingness of the new way in which her hair was arranged.

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange

The becomingness of exercising this office is removed in two ways.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint