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suitableness

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suit·a·ble  (st-bl)
adj.
Appropriate to a purpose or an occasion.
suita·bili·ty, suita·ble·ness n.
suita·bly adv.
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Noun1.suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips"
suitability
appropriateness - the quality of being specially suitable
fitness, fittingness - the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position"
convenience - the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose
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This was his plan off amends-- of atonement-- for inheriting their father's estate; and he thought it an excellent one, full of eligibility and suitableness, and excessively generous and disinterested on his own part.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
Dixon's character, or her own value for his company, or opinion of the suitableness of the match.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
As for his trousers, they were of tow-cloth, very short in the legs, and bagging down strangely in the rear, but yet having a suitableness to his figure which his other garment entirely lacked.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
 
 
 
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