Antonyms for permissibly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : per-mis-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈmɪs ə bəl


Definition of permissibly

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French permissible (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin permissibilis, from permiss-, past participle stem of Latin permittere (see permit (v.)).
  • As in legally : adv in accordance with the law
Example sentences :
  • Permissibly we may suppose that his wife succeeded in gleaning from him few details of the fair.
  • Extract from : « Dead Souls » by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
  • Hard it was too to subdue himself—to be always courteous, never more than permissibly ironical, to wait for his victory.
  • Extract from : « Double Harness » by Anthony Hope
  • He was tormented by a question he had been threshing out for days: Might he permissibly have sent her a Christmas present?
  • Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis

Synonyms for permissibly

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