allowedlyadv.
/əˈlaʊᵻdli/, U.S. /əˈlaʊədli/ In a manner that is allowed, admitted, or acknowledged; by general allowance or acknowledgement; admittedly.The presence of this word in quot. 1602 is dubious, especially since the meaning of the immediate context is obscure.
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the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [adverb]
allowablyc1443
allowedly1620
admittedly1771
concededly1835
acceptedly1854
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adverb]
permissively1592
allowedly1620
permittedly1824
unforbiddenly1860
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adverb] > allowably
allowablyc1443
indeed1563
allowedly1620
admissibly1809
1602 T. Fitzherbert Apol. xxiv. f. 47, in Def. Catholyke Cause A lewd, and a lowdly, improba[b]le in it self.]
1620 J. Ford Line of Life sig. A3v Folly is a sale-able merchandise, whose factour, youth is not so allowedly profest in young men, as pleasure in men of any age.
a1677 T. Manton Serm. (1678) I. v. 95 Living willingly and allowedly in his Sins.
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) II. 8 Allowedly more genteel.
1777 London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. July 73 As your Scholars cannot express themselves in a plain way,..so your Wits have allowedly a cramp, roundabout, way to make themselves understood at all.
1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. III in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 515 It may be allowedly used in all cases.
1879 Academy 29 The English is allowedly one of the most complete of the European languages.
1922 H. Granville-Barker Exemplary Theatre p. ix We talk of the renaissance of our theatre..and so, no doubt, we most allowedly may.
1997 Bks. Ireland Summer 170/1 Allowedly, the University of Ulster series arises from a larger, more established and establishment setting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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