apt connotes a fitness marked by nicety and discrimination.
apt quotations
happy suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate.
a happy choice of words
felicitous suggests an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful.
a felicitous phrase
Examples of suitable in a Sentence
The dress was a suitable choice.
We upgraded the computer to make it suitable to our needs.
Recent Examples on the WebSatellites provide constant, high-resolution imagery, which is used to analyze suitable landscapes from space.—Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024 This career is suitable only for those who have a true calling.—Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024 The tasks most suitable to this kind of automation would include procurement and risk assessments, customer onboarding, mortgage and insurance claims processing, and managing import and export logistics documentation, according to Interloom.—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2024 Each day includes about five to seven miles of walking — and is suitable for anyone who can walk for about three to four hours comfortably.—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2024 Responses are for informational purposes only and individuals should consider whether any general recommendation in these responses are suitable for their particular circumstances based on investment objectives, financial situation and needs.—Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2024 Hose Size Each sprinkler will state the suitable hose size needed to operate, but the typical size used for tasks requiring high water pressure (such as water sprinklers) is ⅝ inches.—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2024 Rare circumstances, but not unprecedented, occur in Idaho BOISE, Idaho -- For almost an hour, members of Idaho's execution team searched to find a suitable vein in the body of death row prisoner Thomas Creech to deliver the dose of deadly drugs needed to fulfill his death sentence.—Kevin Fixler Idaho Statesman (tns), arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2024 The interior has a more modern layout, although rear seating is still best suitable only for petite individuals.—James Raia, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
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