suitably

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Recent Examples of suitably Credit to South Africa’s players for looking suitably concerned. Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025 Some point out that with the latest high-tech, such as eyeball scans, presumably people could be distinctly and suitably identified. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Riseborough is suitably ghost-like as Kathryn, who is secretly the heart and soul of this misguided mission in which Chris is the brain. Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025 The project’s executive producer Keyflo Music polishes the original track’s breezy amapiano groove, which suitably underscores Jamdong’s new verse. Heran Mamo, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025 The planet has been given the suitably cute name WISPIT 2b. Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025 With his brow perennially furrowed and hair slicked with sweat, Riley has the exact look and bearing of a suavely addled wrong-man figure from British thrillers of yore — and thus makes a suitably bemused proxy for the viewers in this wasteland of mounting chaos and absurdity. Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025 At one point, Lutz’s Sonja receives a presumably fatal stomach wound (much as the actress did in Revenge, weirdly), but manages to survive thanks to an intervention by her heavenly mother (a suitably ethereal Veronica Ferres). Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2025 Their music provided a suitably self-important soundtrack as Great Recession-era artisanal hipsterdom faded into the careerist hopefulness of the latter Obama years, when Everlane minimalism supplanted lumberjack plaid. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suitably
Adverb
  • Face washing allows for thorough cleansing if done properly, which allows the skin to better absorb moisturizers or treatments that may be applied afterwards.
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This ensures both assistive technologies and AI engines can interpret your content’s structure properly.
    Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Richardson finished third in the semi-final; however, her time was fast enough to award her a non-automatic qualifying spot in the final, similar to what happened with her in Budapest.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, water levels at Lake Powell, one of the main water storage reservoirs for the Colorado River Basin, could fall low enough to stop hydropower generation at the reservoir by December 2026, according to the NOAA report.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • When used correctly, psilocybin has shown promise in treating conditions like treatment-resistant depression or substance abuse disorder.
    Benjamin Adams, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Charles’s actions then were interpreted, probably correctly, as a rebuke to Trump for his ungracious treatment of his guest, and also reminded international onlookers that the king remains the most political of monarchs, unafraid to make his favor—or displeasure—known.
    Alexander Larman, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Also consider whether your current home insurance policy sufficiently insures you financially in the event of extreme weather events that could destroy your home or possessions.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Kraus felt that her contributions to the coverage—a deeper theory as to why Maxwell was used as a scapegoat, with plenty of speculation about the past actions of Bill Clinton—weren’t being sufficiently recognized.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The prospect of clawbacks of government support, as well as the retroactive revocation of tariff exemptions and tax breaks, should provide additional pressure for companies to build in America—and for markets to value domestic production appropriately.
    Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • She was viciously beaten after having been detained by an officer who accused her of not dressing appropriately in public, in defiance of the country’s hijab rule, which broadly governs what women should wear.
    Fatemeh Jamalpour, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Finally, profits should be adequately reinvested in the company with the goal to support cash generation in time.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond the considerable issue of adequately defending the potent Eagles offense, the Chiefs most obviously will seek to better protect Mahomes — who was sacked six times and pressured 16 times without the Eagles blitzing once.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Suitably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitably. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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