Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Suitably; conveniently; proportionately.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Fitly; suitably.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete
fitly ;suitably
Etymologies
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covenable + -ly
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Examples
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And thei han grete leves, of a fote and an half of lengthe: and thei ben covenably large.
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And thei han grete leves, of a fote and an half of lengthe: and thei ben covenably large.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And thei han grete leves, of a fote and an half of lengthe: and thei ben covenably large.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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