allowably

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Miss Crawford was most allowably a sweet, pretty girl, while the Miss Bertrams were the finest young women in the country.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

But we may allowably let the Scripture usage of the symbol of dew influence our reading into the symbol a deeper meaning than it bore to him.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander

In the following example, does he is used for is,—the auxiliary is,—and perhaps allowably: "It is certain from scripture, that the same person does in the course of life many times offend and be forgiven."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

But may one allowably demonstrate the fallacy of this same point of view?

From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch

This needs a short explanation, as the reader may allowably ask how a man without any conception of art could be even a moderately successful artist.

From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert