Definition of "fitly" []

• In a fit manner; suitably; properly; commodiously; conveniently. (adverb)

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• "The assertion of that principle, at that time, was the word "fitly spoken" which has proven an "apple of gold" to us."
• "But Lincoln described the relationship of the Declaration to the Constitution in the poetic words of Scripture: A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."
• "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."