单词 | allowably |
释义 | allowablyadv. In an allowable manner (in various senses of the adjective). ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.c1443 |
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