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unbecomingly

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un·be·com·ing  (nb-kmng)
adj.
1. Not appropriate, attractive, or flattering: an unbecoming dress.
2. Not in accord with the standards implied by one's character or position: conduct unbecoming an officer. See Synonyms at improper.
unbe·coming·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.unbecominglyunbecomingly - without decorousness                
indecorously


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He saw that she was behaving unbecomingly, and considered it his duty to tell her so.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
In fact there was but one person in Rosamond's world whom she did not regard as blameworthy, and that was the graceful creature with blond plaits and with little hands crossed before her, who had never expressed herself unbecomingly, and had always acted for the best--the best naturally being what she best liked.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Godfrey at a most unladylike rate of speed, with her hair shockingly untidy, and her face, what I should call, unbecomingly flushed.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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