allowably
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There was another and a bright side, which might just as allowably be represented in art as the dreary one, and which she had seen and studied.
From Famous Women: George Sand by Bertha Thomas
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 Philip Gilbert Hamerton
But may one allowably demonstrate the fallacy of this same point of view?
From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by James Branch Cabell
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 Goold Brown
Your sister, who would not in your circumstances have been guilty of your perverseness, may allowably be angry at you for it.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Samuel Richardson
