different between suitable vs fitly

English

Etymology

suit +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?su?t?bl/

Adjective

suitable (comparative more suitable, superlative most suitable)

1. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

Synonyms

• fit for purpose (British)
• up to standard (British)

Antonyms

• unsuitable

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• appropriate
• apt
• congruous
• consonant
• corresponding
• eligible
• fit
• meet
• pertinent
• seemly

Further reading

• suitable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• suitable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• sabulite

English

Etymology

From fit +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?tli/

Adverb

fitly (comparative more fitly, superlative most fitly)

1. In a fit manner

   Synonyms: suitably, properly, commodiously, conveniently

   • c. 1608, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act II, Scene 1,^[1]

     I can compare our rich misers to nothing so fitly as to a whale; a’ plays and tumbles, driving the poor fry before him, and at last devours them all at a mouthful […]

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Proverbs 25:11,^[2]

     A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, chapter XI, Labour:

     Labour is Life: from the inmost heart of the Worker rises his god-given Force, the sacred celestial Life-essence breathed into him by Almighty God; from his inmost heart awakens him to all nobleness, — to all knowledge, ‘self-knowledge’ and much else, so soon as Work fitly begins.

   • 1948, Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, 1987, Chapter 28,

     This Court has a solemn duty to protect society against the murderous attacks of dangerous men, whether they be old or young, and to show clearly that it will punish fitly such offenders.

References

• fitly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.