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Montesinos.—Oh, no! for never can any man’s life have been passed more in accord with his own inclinations, nor more answerably to his own desires. 

From Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society by Morley, Henry

This gives me no small pleasure, and yet it is mingled with some uneasiness at times; lest I should not, when viewed so intimately near, behave myself answerably to her ladyship's expectations.

From Pamela, Volume II by Richardson, Samuel

Allowance is to be made for the character of the people of Manono, turbulent fellows, boastful of tongue, but of late days not thought to be answerably bold in person.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Or loosely, on the verge of May, answerably to 'ayenes May' afterwards?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various

For there is an attractiveness in beautiful bodies, in gold and silver, and all things; and in bodily touch, sympathy hath much influence, and each other sense hath his proper object answerably tempered.

From The Confessions of St. Augustine by Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie)