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ADJECTIVE:1. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place: appropriate, apt, befitting, correct, felicitous, fit1, fitting, happy, meet2, proper, right, tailor-made. See RIGHT. 2. Pleasingly suited to the wearer: attractive, flattering. See BEAUTIFUL. 3. Conforming to accepted standards: befitting, comely, comme il faut, correct, decent, decorous, de rigueur, nice, proper, respectable, right, seemly. See COURTESY.
 
 
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