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answerably, adv. arch.|ˈɑːnsərəblɪ, æ-|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In an answerable manner; correspondingly, proportionally, conformably, suitably, fittingly. a. absol.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xxv. (1632) 129 Had his mind been answerably furnished with vertue. 1662Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 317 Held the state of a bishop, answerably habited. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. v. iv. 333 If Beasts had been made answerably bigger, there would not have been Grass enough. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VI. 147 May I behave answerably!
b. with to. Conformably to, consistently with.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus II. 504 Answerably unto the wisdom of that eminent Botanologer. 1698[R. Fergusson] View of Eccles. Pref., He had acted but answerably to the Badge he wears, etc. 1728Morgan Algiers I. iv. 114 Rewarded him answerably to his Demerits. |