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- adverb In a
forgivable way.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
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Examples
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"Few can match the muted humor, lingering poignancy and depth with which Hornby limns his forgivably human characters."
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Parents whose children are diagnosed with autism (A) search for a probable cause; they remember that they had their children vaccinated (B) and forgivably assume that the correlation is causal.
An Epidemic of Ignorance Michael Shermer 2011
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Thanksgiving was last month here in Canada, and in the U.S. it is now over, which puts us all on what I may forgivably call an even footing.
November 27th, 2009 superversive 2009
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As it stands, it is mildly "irksome," though forgivably so.
A Cure for Head-Exploding Brilliance James Campbell 2011
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This TV year could quite forgivably have kicked off its first week as did the rest of us, blearily zonked by family and travel and too many mismatched memories of an extremely strange 2011; begun it either literally or figuratively by leaning grudgingly into the wind with itchy present-socks and scratchy foreboding and an old-brain urge to simply… hide… until spring.
Rewind TV: Sherlock; Endeavour; Public Enemies; New Girl – review 2012
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Just after the war's end, McCrae's poem inspired an American named Moina Michael to write a passionate if forgivably less accomplished poetic response.
John Lundberg: 'In Flanders Fields' Still Inspires Millions John Lundberg 2010
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Just after the war's end, McCrae's poem inspired an American named Moina Michael to write a passionate if forgivably less accomplished poetic response.
John Lundberg: 'In Flanders Fields' Still Inspires Millions John Lundberg 2010
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Just after the war's end, McCrae's poem inspired an American named Moina Michael to write a passionate if forgivably less accomplished poetic response.
John Lundberg: 'In Flanders Fields' Still Inspires Millions John Lundberg 2010
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The FinePix Real 3D W3 camera itself is rather good looking and forgivably chunky given what it includes: the parts for two cameras built into one; a special processor for combining two images; and a serious 3-D display screen.
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Just after the war's end, McCrae's poem inspired an American named Moina Michael to write a passionate if forgivably less accomplished poetic response.
John Lundberg: 'In Flanders Fields' Still Inspires Millions John Lundberg 2010
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