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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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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

But showing the eternal Brazilian ability to bend the rules, they gave themselves some wiggle-room, allowing the real's value to fluctuate, within limits, against the dollar.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023

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

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

within limits

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