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fittingly

[fit-ing-lee] / ˈfɪt ɪŋ li /








ADVERB
suitably
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The right-handed closer is scheduled to be activated Wednesday — fittingly, when 40,000 fans will receive an Díaz bobblehead — after missing three months because of right elbow surgery.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

“They call him Superman,” she says, to which Ruthye fittingly replies, “So you’re Superwoman, then?”

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

But one fund manager, who fittingly works for a firm named Patient Capital Management, is finding that a value approach to stock-picking can still work even in this momentum-driven market.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

In the mathematical study of symmetry, or group theory, one such number—important in string theory—is fittingly named “the monster group”: 808,017,424,794,512,875,886,459,904,961,710,757,005,754,368,000,000,000.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

It seemed to them that Gandalf had never spoken so fair and fittingly to their lord.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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