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becoming
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adjective
displaying or setting off to best advantage
a becoming new shade of rose
a becoming portrait
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adjective
(= comely, comme il faut, decent, seemly)
according with custom or propriety
her becoming modesty
comely behavior
it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
a decent burial
seemly behavior
alone
Adjective
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If someone is alone, they are not with other people.
She looked around to make sure that she was alone before opening the desk.
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If someone is alone, they have no friends or people they know.
He felt very alone in Canada and wanted to go home.
alone
Adverb
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If you do something alone, you do it without other people.
She went walking alone because she wanted to think.
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When you talk about something alone, you mean only that thing.
It will take weeks for the planning alone.
We can't open it. The owner alone has the key.