allowably

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Surely, you are not afraid to trust yourself with a secret of this nature: if you are, then you may the more allowably doubt me.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Richardson, Samuel

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 Richardson, Samuel

To the last we may allowably pour out our words with some degree of haste, but the other addresses should be deeply pondered before they are delivered.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, 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 Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

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