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permissibly

permissibly adverb: in a permissible manner.

Adverb

permissibly (comparative more permissibly, superlative most permissibly)

  1. In a permissible manner.

Forms of permissibly

comparativemore permissibly
superlativemost permissibly

Origin of permissibly

From permissible + -ly.

Questions about permissibly

What does permissibly mean?
Permissibly means in a permissible manner.
What part of speech is permissibly?
Permissibly is an adverb.

Words near permissibly in the dictionary

  1. permissibilities
  2. permissibility
  3. permissible
  4. permissibleness
  5. permissibles
  6. permissibly
  7. permissing
  8. permission
  9. permission slip
  10. permission slips
  11. permission structure

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