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measurably, adv.|ˈmɛʒ(j)ʊərəblɪ|
[f. measurable + -ly2.]
†1. Moderately, in moderation. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 433 Hou þey & herne shulen first take mesurably of þes godis. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋639 Vse hem by mesure, that is to seyn, spende hem mesurably. c1491Chast. Goddes Chyld. xxv. 72 Mete whan it is mesurably taken and well defyed: it maketh a man hole in body. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. xxxi. 28 Wyne measurably dronken [similarly 1611] is a reioysinge of the soule. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 254 An ounce of the iuice of the root [etc.] purgeth the body measurably.
2. In due measure or proportion; proportionably.
c1400Destr. Troy 3985 Ho was mesurably made. c1449Pecock Repr. iii. xiii. 358 Constantyn endewid not..eny chirche in Rome with eny greet habundaunt immouable possessiouns, but oonli with possessiouns competentli and mesurabily. 1572J. Jones Bathes Buckstone 4 Measurably qualifyinge the ouerheated members, and drying such as bee ouer moyste. 1607J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Plough 176 He may be able to draw forth of his full vessel measurably unto his flocke. 1701Whitehead Truth Prevalent 20 If a thirsty Man comes to Drink at a Well..he drinks measurably as much as he needs.
3. In some measure, to some extent; ‘in a measure’. U.S.
1756J. Woolman Jrnl. (1840) 30 The public meetings were large and measurably favoured with divine goodness. 1848Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. Introd. Poet. Wks. (1879) 174 If I know myself, I am measurably free from the itch of vanity. 1875Whitney Life Lang. xii. 254 Until the anomalies of Semitic language are at least measurably explained.
4. To an extent which admits of being measured.
1866Ruskin Eth. Dust 127 Other such phenomena, quite measurably traceable within the limits even of short life. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 374 The primary renal arteries are measurably thickened in both their coats. |