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justifiably

adv

Etymology

From justifiable + -ly.

Definitions

  1. in a justifiable manner

    in a justifiable manner; with justification

    • Another area in which corporations have been catching heat is in the area of environmental pollution, and justifiably so.
    • Madocks built his model town on land partly reclaimed from the sea, and was justifiably proud of the fact that it stood well below what was still the official high-water mark. Until then, the surrounding area was largely marshland.

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at justifiably. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at justifiably. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at justifiably

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA