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ALLOWABLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does allowably mean?
• ALLOWABLY (adverb)
The adverb ALLOWABLY has 1 sense:
1. in a permissible manner
Familiarity information: ALLOWABLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Context examples
Had she been tall, full formed, and fair, it might have been more of a trial: but as it was, there could be no comparison; and she was most allowably a sweet, pretty girl, while they were the finest young women in the country.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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