Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a permissible manner; allowably.

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  • adverb In a permissible manner.

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  • adverb in a permissible manner

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Examples

  • Aldous Huxley famously compared Lake Atitlán to Lake Como, writing that it "touches the limit of the permissibly picturesque."

    Dream Hideaways: The World's Top Microboutique Hotels Forbes Life Staff 2010

  • Holder declared that the "...regulation permissibly interferes with Congress' clear intent to afford each noncitizen a statutory right to pursue a motion to reopen..."

    Aggie R. Hoffman: The Right to Reopen an Adverse Decision From Abroad Aggie R. Hoffman 2012

  • The mandate permissibly regulates these activities when they substantially impact interstate commerce, consistent with the limits in Lopez and Morrison which did not involve economic activity.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional 2010

  • Rabbi Greenberg, a revolutionary in our time, took courage from Rav Kook, who said, There are times when there is a need to violate the words of the Torah since there is no one in the generation who can show the way to do it permissibly, and so it comes as a breach.

    Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Standing Up for Our Gay Kids Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2010

  • Rabbi Greenberg, a revolutionary in our time, took courage from Rav Kook, who said, There are times when there is a need to violate the words of the Torah since there is no one in the generation who can show the way to do it permissibly, and so it comes as a breach.

    Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Standing Up for Our Gay Kids Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2010

  • Presumably you think we are not (yet?) there with SSM, but how wide a consensus must there be before mainstream media entities may permissibly portray one side as representing the “just” position?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » CNN Profiles Lawyers in Same-Sex Marriage Case 2010

  • The appeals court said a trial judge in the case "permissibly found that the claimed tax deductions are for depreciation on property Wells Fargo never expected to own or operate, interest on debt that existed only on a balance sheet, and write-offs for the costs of transactions that amounted to nothing more than tax deduction arbitrage."

    Court Says Wells Fargo Used Abusive Tax Shelters Brent Kendall 2011

  • Rabbi Greenberg, a revolutionary in our time, took courage from Rav Kook, who said, There are times when there is a need to violate the words of the Torah since there is no one in the generation who can show the way to do it permissibly, and so it comes as a breach.

    Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Standing Up for Our Gay Kids Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2010

  • Nor do I claim to have solved the considerable constitutional problem of how Congress could permissibly delegate to the people themselves the power to make choices that the Constitution's Framers clearly expected Congress to make.

    A Poll Is Not a Vote 2010

  • Nor do I claim to have solved the considerable constitutional problem of how Congress could permissibly delegate to the people themselves the power to make choices that the Constitution's Framers clearly expected Congress to make.

    Elizabeth Westling: A Poll Is Not a Vote 2010

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