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adv. - In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree.

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  • Yes, it is a bit rah-rah at the end, but forgivably so.
  • As it stands, it is mildly "irksome," though forgivably so.
  • "Few can match the muted humor, lingering poignancy and depth with which Hornby limns his forgivably human characters."
  • But he could still, forgivably, wonder why they all missed, and toy with the hypothesis that they were bribed, or drunk.
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