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suitably

 adverb
     
suit‧a‧bly
1

suitably dressed/prepared/equipped etc

wearing the right clothes, having the right information, equipment etc for a particular situation:
We were relieved that Gordon had arrived at the wedding suitably dressed.
2 [+ adjective/adverb] having the amount of a feeling or quality you would hope for in a particular situation:
'He owns three hotels.' The others looked suitably impressed.
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