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单词 allowably
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allowablyadv.

Brit. /əˈlaʊəbli/, U.S. /əˈlaʊəbli/
Forms: late Middle English allowabily, late Middle English allowabli, late Middle English alloweabili, late Middle English– allowably, 1500s allowablie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: allowable adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < allowable adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin allocabiliter so as to be credited (c1450 in a British source).
In an allowable manner (in various senses of the adjective).
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the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [adverb]
allowablyc1443
allowedly1620
admittedly1771
concededly1835
acceptedly1854
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adverb] > allowably
allowablyc1443
indeed1563
allowedly1620
admissibly1809
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adverb]
allowablyc1443
acceptably1479
admirably1570
to admiration1591
admiredly1598
acceptedly1600
unrebukably1609
unexceptionably1662
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adverb] > permissibly
allowablyc1443
tolerably1580
permissibly1846
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [adverb]
wellc1384
justifiably1443
warrantably1628
allowably1747
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 355 (MED) Þe seide preestis kepten..her presthode to gidere wiþ her wedlok holilye and allowably.
c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 60 (MED) Aȝens whom myȝte y allowabli be suffrid to speke or write scharpli, if..not..aȝens þo seiers or affermers which in her seiyng blasfemen þe hiȝ wijsdom of god?
1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. iii. 138 More allowablie therfore writeth Marr[ow].
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. x. 19 This last sort..may allowably beare matter not alwayes of the grauest.
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1644) ii. vi. §vii.137 A man may more allowably doe by his owne act, then a stranger may.
1671 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. (ed. 2) II. ii. ii. 43 I should allowably enough discharge my part.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. ix. 46 Your sister..may, allowably, be angry at you.
1779 T. Percy Let. 27 Mar. in Percy Lett. (1954) IV. 139 In disputable Points, difference of opinion may be very allowably tolerated.
1835 Times 14 July 7/1 State papers..were allowably adduced in illustrating points of laws.
1855 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (ed. 4) ii. ii. 190 There are senses in which we may allowably use the word chance.
1921 Eng. Hist. Rev. 36 297 It may allowably be called a patronymic, though the term is not strictly accurate.
1984 Baseball Digest Oct. 24/1 A player who could allowably be characterized as the greatest performer in history.
2011 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 15 Jan. 13 If we may allowably mix the metaphors of heat and moisture, then Word of the Year fever is about to rain down on us.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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