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within limits

ADJECTIVE
excusable
Synonyms
WEAK
all right condonable defensible exculpatory explainable fair forgivable justifiable minor moderate not too bad okay pardonable passable permissible plausible reasonable remittable reprievable slight specious temperate tenable trivial understandable venial vindicable vindicatory warrantable
Antonyms
WEAK
blameable inexcusable unallowable unforgivable unjustifiable
ADVERB
moderately
Synonyms
STRONGEST
a little fairly quite rather reasonably slightly somewhat
STRONG
passably pretty
WEAK
averagely enough gently in moderation in reason kind of more or less more than not not exactly quite a bit so-so some something sort of temperately tolerable tolerably tolerantly within reason
Antonyms
WEAK
immoderately unlimitedly
ADVERB
partly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
at least partially slightly somewhat
WEAK
at best at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point
Antonyms
WEAK
completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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He adds it is a "straightforward solution and it was quite right that EasyJet's dispatcher and captain would not take-off until the airplane was within limits".

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

She is more visible now than ever, within limits.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2024

Fitzgerald, when it recognized that Congress could, within limits, modify the immunity that it was granting the president.

From Slate • Jul. 30, 2024

Overall, the 76th Annual Primetime Emmys contenders reflect the Television Academy’s increased openness to variety, within limits.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

He comes to a promising field, descends, locks up the bike: he is prudent enough within limits.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood