Adjective : a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!. From Dictionary.com.
It should cover those who in this circumstance would have been permissibly under active interrogation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 19, 2004] Reference
Double effect is silent about cases in which a small harm might permissibly be brought about as a means to a good end. From Wordnik.com. [Doctrine of Double Effect] Reference
Aldous Huxley famously compared Lake Atitlán to Lake Como, writing that it "touches the limit of the permissibly picturesque.". From Wordnik.com. [Dream Hideaways: The World's Top Microboutique Hotels] Reference
Fox Television Stations case, the only question at issue was whether the FCC was permissibly interpreting the Communications Act of 1934. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Part IV: The FCC’s new standards in action.] Reference
But the earning of what may permissibly be spent on self is spur enough; there is no need of inordinate luxury to foster faithfulness and exertion. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
In such cases also the fact that the stack diameter is permissibly decreased is no reason why flue sizes connecting to the stack should be decreased. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Thomson prefers the view that there really are conflicts of rights, and suggests that we should speak of a "defeated" right as being permissibly "infringed". From Wordnik.com. [Rights] Reference
By contrast, on the intent version of agent-centered theories, the one who switches the trolley does not act permissibly if he acts with the intention to harm the one worker. From Wordnik.com. [Deontological Ethics] Reference
While I always love to see a creative interpretation, I really do not think there is any way to parse this as being about what might permissibly emerge from a state of nature. From Wordnik.com. [Understanding Nozick Perfectly Well, Thank You] Reference
Legitimacy means that the law may permissibly be enforced; Rawls needs another account of why citizens have reasons from within their own points of view to abide by such a law. From Wordnik.com. [John Rawls] Reference
But we may permissibly give it wider and deeper meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes] Reference
And we may permissibly think of this text as suggesting how. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy.] Reference
Turning the point around: I can't permissibly (justly) move from. From Wordnik.com. [3quarksdaily] Reference
In other words, you gotta do what you (judge permissibly) you gotta do. From Wordnik.com. [Think Tonk] Reference
It's merely those who wouldn't pay anyway who can, on this view, permissibly free-ride. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy, et cetera] Reference
There only three circumstances under which one can permissibly mention race these days. From Wordnik.com. [Tongue Tied 3] Reference
The plan is to be (permissibly) obstructionist, and to wait around while he Dims and Prez. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress] Reference
He was tormented by a question he had been threshing out for days: Might he permissibly have sent her a. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life] Reference
"Oh," said Lady Allonby; then added, "in the circumstances she might permissibly have broken the engagement.". From Wordnik.com. [Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes] Reference
Nevertheless, the subject may be discussed permissibly in scientific and very general terms, as by Professor Freud. From Wordnik.com. [Youth and Egolatry] Reference
I agree a regulation cannot be self-defining to permissibly affect interstate commerce by the fact it is burdensome. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
But still we may permissibly look at this varying proportion in order to see whether it, too, cannot teach us something. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke] Reference
Each of these actions can rather easily be explained as "either harmless oversight or permissibly rough litigation tactics.". From Wordnik.com. [Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)] Reference
In the midst of the Supreme Court's deliberation of whether the FCC permissibly fined broadcasters for "fleeting expletives" in. From Wordnik.com. [Reporters Committee News] Reference
Bianca had taken the opportunity -- somewhat coquettishly, but according to the laws and customs of such occasions, quite permissibly -- to pay. From Wordnik.com. [A Siren] Reference
The four dissenting justices acknowledged the individual right -- they just apparently think it's a right that can permissibly be rendered meaningless. From Wordnik.com. [Armed and Safe] Reference
The First Circuit held Tuesday that the law did not restrict free speech, since it permissibly regulated only the conduct of data mining companies, not their speech. From Wordnik.com. [JURIST - Paper Chase] Reference
I did not always know whether Bederhof was so superlatively dull as to believe a thing, or merely so permissibly dull as to consider that he ought to pretend to believe it. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Mirror] Reference
The court’s decisions typically dictate then, where states may not permissibly go under the constitution. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Should a Parent Be Required To Donate a Kidney to a Child Who Needs a Life-Saving Transplant?”] Reference
Supposing that permissibly you planned. From Wordnik.com. [The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1] Reference
(2) Agent judges reasonably/justifiably/permissibly that she should bring A about. From Wordnik.com. [Think Tonk] Reference
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