fitly

[ fit-lee ]

adverb

1. in a proper or suitable manner.
2. at a proper or suitable time.

fitly

/ ˈfɪtlɪ /

adverb

1. in a proper manner or place or at a proper time

Word History and Origins

Origin of fitly¹

First recorded in 1540–50; fit ¹ + -ly

Example Sentences

As a young professor at Wilberforce College in Ohio, Du Bois had initially praised Washington’s 1895 speech, telegraphing his congratulations “upon your phenomenal success at Atlanta—it was a word fitly spoken.”

From Literature

“The scene which ensued when it became known that Col. Parker could not be found, can be faintly imagined, but the pen fails to describe it fitly,” the New York Times proclaimed.

From Washington Post

‘We have not the time or the tools to bury our comrade fitly, or to raise a mound over him. A cairn we might build.’

From Literature

The author of that essay is Mr. Herbert Spencer, and the foregoing extract from it may fitly preface a brief account of his life-work in co-ordinating the manifold branches of knowledge into a synthetic whole.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact the controversy of which he was the centre may fitly be compared with the earlier battles between the Maimonists and anti-Maimonists.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• accurately
• correctly
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• duly
• equally
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• honestly
• honorably
• impartially
• lawfully
• legally
• legitimately
• properly
• reasonably
• rightfully
• rightly