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attributably

attributably adverb: in a manner that can be attributed (to something).

Adverb

attributably

  1. In a manner that can be attributed (to something)
    • Attributably to your heart as its doing, it pumps blood through your body.2008, Ernest Sosa, Jaekwon Kim, Jeremy Fantl, Epistemology: An Anthology, page 486
    • Take a case in which, while dreaming, I still happen to be right in my belief that I face a fire. In that case I would not be right attributably to my perception.2012, Kelly James Clark, Michael Rea, Reason, Metaphysics, and Mind, page 114

Examples of attributably in a sentence

  • I am not sure, especially if there is a distinction between the attributably non-negative and the positive.2017, Abrol Fairweather, Mark Alfano, Epistemic Situationism, page 144:
  • A performance is apt if, and only if, it is correct attributably to a competence exercised by the performer, in conditions appropriate for its exercise.2022, Yong Huang, Ernest Sosa Encountering Chinese Philosophy, page 122:

Words formed from attributably

Questions about attributably

What does attributably mean?
Attributably means in a manner that can be attributed (to something).
How do you use attributably in a sentence?
I am not sure, especially if there is a distinction between the attributably non-negative and the positive.
What part of speech is attributably?
Attributably is an adverb.

Words near attributably in the dictionary

  1. attrib
  2. attrib.
  3. attributability
  4. attributable
  5. attributableness
  6. attributably
  7. attributal
  8. attributative
  9. attribute
  10. attribute-oriented
  11. attribute-oriented programming

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