excusablyadv.
/ɛkˈskjuːzəbli/ In a manner admitting of excuse; so as to deserve being excused.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adverb] > excusably
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pardonably1604
excusablya1631
veniably1646
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a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §5 Priviledges and exemptions from that Law, he may be excusably ignorant of.
1714 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 3) I. iii. 411 He taught..that no Man could excusably live Idle in the World.
1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. App. 404 His ideas may, very excusably, be on some subjects incomplete.
1884 Manch. Examiner 21 Nov. 6/1 On this matter Lord Northbrook was excusably angry.
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adv.a1631- get one's lug in one's loof
- get one's mad up
- get one's marching orders
- get one's message across
- get one's mind off
- get one's mind off from
- get one's mittimus
- get one's mojo working
- get one's money at the best
- get one's money where one's mouth is
- get one's money's worth
- get one's monkey up
- get one's name from
- get one's name in lights
- get one's nap up
- get one's nose down
- get one's nose down to
- get one's nose in front
- get one's nose out of joint
- get one's nuts off
- get one's oats
- get one's own back
- get one's own way
- get one's paiks
- get one's panties in a bunch