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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
suitably
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
properly/suitably dressed (=wearing suitable clothes for something)
▪ It’s important to be properly dressed if you are walking in the mountains.
suitably attired
▪ He arrived suitably attired in a dark dinner suit.
suitably impressed (=as impressed as you would expect)
▪ ‘He’s a lawyer?’ Mum looked suitably impressed.
suitably qualified
▪ If we can find a suitably qualified person, we'll start straight away.
suitably/properly qualified
▪ Make sure that the therapist is properly qualified.
warmly/suitably/scantily clad (=dressed warmly etc)
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
impressed
▪ Manson was suitably impressed and strongly identified with Hari-George's sentiments of disgust.
qualified
▪ One good thing which happened immediately was that Universities offered shortened degree courses to suitably qualified ex-service men.
▪ For those suitably qualified teaching and consultancy opportunities are available.
▪ There was a lack of suitably qualified staff to implement the system and it became costly and time-consuming to implement.
▪ This would include prescribed medication and examinations by suitably qualified professions e.g. doctors, physiotherapists etc.
▪ Position closing Open until suitably qualified applicants apply.
▪ The idea is to match suitably qualified applicants with institutions which have vacancies.
■ VERB
dress
▪ But one must be suitably dressed for a country visit and I had absolutely nothing fit to wear.
▪ They, too, regardless of the loss of their leader, were intent on being suitably dressed for Bank Holiday.
impress
▪ Vic and Benny were suitably impressed by the fate of the sailor.
▪ I try hard not to look awed and am relieved when I manage to appear nothing more than suitably impressed.
look
▪ They all looked suitably taken aback by his entrance, muttering disapproval whilst he insisted that Ockleton step outside.
▪ He arrived looking suitably outlandish, a traveler from a far place, some one to be cautiously investigated.
▪ Fergus looked suitably disgusted, and threw back the remains of his own whisky and soda in one gulp.
qualify
▪ Finding suitably qualified or experienced people to go is another matter, given the altogether.
▪ In special circumstances, however, consideration may be given to candidates without these qualifications who are otherwise suitably qualified.
▪ A named person who is suitably qualified will have full responsibility for the agency.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An outfit called the Boston Coalition for Freedom of Expression was suitably outraged about the events.
▪ Having put its money behind the project, Kodak felt that the photographers involved should be suitably rewarded.
▪ He recruited members of the Six Nations band, suitably painted and dressed in ceremonial garments.
▪ If it is a public demonstration suggest that they wear a suitably neat outfit such as a track suit.
▪ One good thing which happened immediately was that Universities offered shortened degree courses to suitably qualified ex-service men.
▪ The soil was suitably acid, I suspected, judging by the proliferation of rhododendrons I had seen.
▪ This symmetry is required basically for optimum structural strength and to suitably accommodate the mollusc it protects.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Suitably

Suitable \Suit"a*ble\, a. Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject. -- Suit"a*ble*ness, n. -- Suit"a*bly, adv.

Syn: Proper; fitting; becoming; accordant; agreeable; competent; correspondent; compatible; consonant; congruous; consistent.

Wiktionary
suitably

adv. In a suitable manner; fitly; agreeably; with propriety.

WordNet
suitably

adv. in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" [syn: appropriately, fittingly, befittingly, fitly] [ant: inappropriately, inappropriately]

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Usage examples of "suitably".

We can imitate the effect of gravity through suitably accelerated motion.

The alchemist looked suitably vague, and seemed reluctant to discuss it.

Garp confessed his lust for Cushie Percy and rendered a suitably tame version of the consummation scene.

Suitably rehearsed, the groups converge in Donnybrook, most opting for the forecourt of the Shell garage and the surrounding premises to join up with each other.

He waved a hand at Miss Trim and she understood herself to be dismissed as she murmured suitably, thanked Professor van Duyl for opening the door for her and went back to her own office, where she set about composing a suitable letter to Miss Proud foot, thinking as she did so that the young lady in question would need to be tough indeed if she accepted the post she was couching in such cautiously attractive terms.

But he kept his thoughts to himself and his face suitably blank and signalled to Fibber and two lackeys to bring out the breakfast things.

Before seeing the river, I had planned to cross using some suitably floatable log: Oar would cling to the log, while I dog-paddled to push it from one bank to the other.

This was where he had to be when the Helsinki medical services identified his father from the suitably weathered passport Foaly had run up for him.

When she arrived on the trail, she glanced back down at the hobgoblin tribe, finding them suitably impressed.

The iconostasis towered up to a crucifix high in the lantern dome, supported by tier upon tier of pillars, angels and cherubs, the transparent icons, painted on glass, glowing with light and impressing the fashionably-dressed guests to a suitably reverent quietness.

It may, of course, vary in pitch, but tones of low pitch that are intended to be impressive are most suitably rendered in orotund quality.

By suitably increasing the amplitude of vibration of the less sensitive, the two deflections were rendered approximately equal.

I can find a way to suitably reward you for your steadfast service, Blad my worthy.

The drugged wine had already been delivered to Outher and his friends with a suitably simpering note.

For reformation is effected in full, that is, in what is inmost and outmost, and what is outmost is reformed suitably to what is inmost only while man is in the world.