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Excusably

Excusable \Ex*cus"a*ble\a. [L. excusabilis: cf. F. excusable. See Excuse.] That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action. -- Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ex*cus"a*bly, adv.

The excusableness of my dissatisfaction.
--Boyle.

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excusably

adv. In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree

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excusably

adv. in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree; "he was excusably late" [syn: forgivably, pardonably] [ant: inexcusably, inexcusably, inexcusably]

Usage examples of "excusably".

Foreman compositors, advertisement clerks, and other members of the noneditorial staff, who had, of course, taken no part in the great trek, found it as impossible to get into direct communication with the editor and his satellites now that they had returned as when they had been excusably inaccessible in Central Asia.