practicablyadv.
/ˈpraktᵻkəbli/, U.S. /ˈpræktəkəbli/ In a practicable manner; in actual practice or operation, practically.
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the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [adverb]
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1649 A. Ascham Bounds Publique Obed. 11 All our scruples therefore are concerning things to us practicably lawfull or unlawfull in themselves.
1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes ii. 135 Vulgar usage of Words is, and will be more practicably Retain'd, by the generality of Mankind, than any Concise, or Philosophical Language of the Schools.
1800 H. Craik Adelaide de Narbonne III. vii. 96 The moment it was practicably possible, he fled into the thickest part of the forest.
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 500 This ruling intellect tries to make practicably reconciliable the social system of the State with the Constitution of the Confederacy.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Apr. 465/5 The two-thousand-odd Sydney Smith letters I have been working on can still be encompassed practicably between boards.
2000 Ethics 110 442 One of Singer's purposes in writing this book is to endorse Spira's focus on the practicably attainable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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