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defensibly, adv.|dɪˈfɛnsɪblɪ|
Also 5–6 -sably, 6 -cibly.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. In a ‘defensible’ manner; so as to afford defence or protection: see prec. 1. Obs.
1464in Rymer Fœdera (1710) XI. 524 Every Man..be Well and Defensibly arrayed. a1533Ld. Berners Huon cxliii. 530 Aboue .iii. M. horses defensably aparaylyd. 1599R. Crompton Mansion of Magnan. N iv b, The houses were all of stone, very strongly and defencibly builded.
2. In a manner defensible by argument; justifiably.
1880Variorum Teachers' Bible Isa. vii. 14 The Hebrew prefixes the article, which A.V. defensibly regards as that of species. |