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Definition of Pardonably
1. Adverb. In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree. "He was excusably late"
Partainyms: Excusable, Forgivable, Pardonable
Antonyms: Inexcusably, Unforgivably, Unpardonably
Definition of Pardonably
1. adv. In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably.
Definition of Pardonably
1. Adverb. In a pardonable manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pardonably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pardonably
Literary usage of Pardonably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Christopher in His Sporting Jacket by John Wilson (1901)
"That is the education of a Scottish greyhound—and the consequence is, that you
may pardonably mistake him for a deer dog from Bade- noch or Lochaber, ..."
2. A History of Auricular Confession and Indulgences in the Latin Church by Henry Charles Lea (1896)
"He is said to have latterly been insane, and the Jesuit Bonucci alludes to him
as having been driven mad by his subjects.1 He might pardonably imagine that ..."
3. Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb by William Watson Goodwin (1890)
"This implies not you were not enamoured, but you were not pardonably enamoured.
... have meant you might pardonably have become enamoured (but you did not), ..."
4. Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb by William Watson Goodwin (1893)
"V with an adverb meaning pardonably (if you had done what would have be^n pardonable).
This implies not you were nnt enamoured, ..."
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