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pardonably

pardonably adverb: in a pardonable manner.

Adverb

pardonably (comparative more pardonably, superlative most pardonably)

  1. In a pardonable manner.
    • Both men were astonished (and I imagine, pardonably proud) when I told them that our Canadian National road over the Rocky Mountain Summit through Yellowhead Pass above Jasper, is almost exactly only one-third as steep as Shap Bank!1949 January and February, F. G. Roe, “I Saw Three Englands–1”, in Railway Magazine, page 12

Forms of pardonably

comparativemore pardonably
superlativemost pardonably

Origin of pardonably

From pardonable + -ly.

Questions about pardonably

What does pardonably mean?
Pardonably means in a pardonable manner.
What part of speech is pardonably?
Pardonably is an adverb.

Words near pardonably in the dictionary

  1. pardon-monger
  2. pardon-mongers
  3. pardonability
  4. pardonable
  5. pardonableness
  6. pardonably
  7. pardoned
  8. pardoned my French
  9. pardonee
  10. pardonees
  11. pardoner

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