forgivably
- a word derived from forgive.
Example Sentences
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So chaotic are the circumstances that Beilein on Sunday referred forgivably to a game that did not occur.
From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2018
It has been emaciated by its careless confusion with “rebut”, “reply”, “response” and, less forgivably, “deny”.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2017
Having recently hit 221.2 on the scale, I’m no longer forgivably chubby or husky, zaftig or big-boned.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2015
Beckert, perhaps forgivably, spends little time exploring how this happened—there’s only so much you can devote to that past 40 years, when this new trend emerged, in a book that covers half a millennium.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2014
She was forgivably conscious, without vanity, that she was an unusually beautiful girl.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett
