conscionablyadv.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Conscionably, or with a good conscience, religiose.

1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 94 Who could more eloquently or conscionably note the disparities and differences?

1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden i. 3 Such a Gardener as will conscionably..trauell in your Orchard.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. xiv. 9 How conscionably should bad Oaths be avoided, and good ones kept!

1714 Ladies Libr. II. 160 How few indeed are there who do conscionably perform this Duty?

?1795 Sinfulness of indulging our Curiosity in hearing Word of God 9 Who thrive more in grace than they that conscionably attend to their own godly pastors?

1816 European Mag. & London Rev. May 433/2 Whether staying at home himself, taking care of his family, if he have one;..and living frugally, temperately, and conscionably, will not be followed with some good upon it.

1859 J. R. Ballantyne Christianity contrasted with Hindū Philos. App. 167 We never saw any Hindū idol that could be conscionably spoken of as ‘pleasant to behold’.

1939 Daily News Standard (Uniontown, Pa.) 31 Aug. 2/1 Being unable to concur in what is now your very apparent policy.., I cannot conscionably continue to accept either the responsibilities of the Chairmanship, nor membership on the..Commission.

2000 Law & Contemp. Probl. 63 123 It is..a considerable mistake to suggest to him [sc. the U.S. President] a view of ‘the laws’..that is any narrower than the whole as he conscionably and attentively understands them to be.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Determined consionablye or equallye. Statutum ex æquo, et bono.

1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. v. 56 Cast. Well, how doe you rate it? Cand. Very conscionably, 18.s a yard.

?1611 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Iliads i. Comm. 24 I must conscionably make congression with such as have diminished, mangled, and maimed, my..author.

1677 A. Littleton Eng.–Lat. Dict. in Dictionarium Latino-Barbarum Conscionably, or reasonably, æque, justè, ex æquo & bono.

1771 Crit. Rev. Nov. 378 But when the law takes order that marriage be accountant and responsible to perform that society, whether it be religious, civil, or corporal, which may be conscionably required and claimed therein, or else to be dissolved, if it cannot be undergone; this is to make marriage most indissoluble, by making it a just and equal dealer.

1833 Amer. Jurist & Law Mag. Jan. 151 All that is wanting..is a legal means, which the creditor may conscionably use when it is put into his hands by the debtor himself; such as a subsequent promise to pay.

1890 Atlantic Reporter 18 474/2 If it [sc. his attitude] also resulted in some mistakes, he cannot conscionably complain of it at this stage of the case. Appeal dismissed.

1922 R. von Moschzisker Trial by Jury xi. 227 In such cases, the trial judge, after weighing the evidence, refuses to submit the issues to the jury unless he feels the ends of justice call for a verdict against the will, or is so uncertain on this point that he could conscionably sustain a finding either way.

2001 A. Hudson Understanding Equity & Trusts i. 9 Equity is also keen to ensure that a claimant is not seeking to establish a claim in circumstances in which she has not acted conscionably herself.