EXCUSABLY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

excusably

adverb

Definition of excusably

as in justifiably

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Adverb

Now essentially out of power, the public-health community has been justifiably alarmed by what’s happened over the past year.

— Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Fans were justifiably emotional to see Crosby traded to the Baltimore Ravens in March.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of justifiably

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Some of this is also validly driven by zoonotic and emerging diseases and is intended to keep our pets and us safe.

— Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 26 July 2026
The French Cour d’appel de Versailles determined that a child could claim against assets located in France even though the decedent had validly designated the succession laws of a foreign country that did not recognize forced heirship.

— Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Definition of validly

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The Australian miner with closest ties to China, Forrest was annoyed by CMRG’s attack, calling on the commodity buying cartel to ‘negotiate fairly’.

— Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The adaptive dampers still do a fairly good job of smoothing out the ride on Colorado’s concrete highways, and the Corvette’s other charms remain intact.

— Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of fairly

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Steering is light, cornering is reasonably stable and body motions are controlled.

— Josh Max, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Imax film started falling out of favor about 20 years ago, and there were very experienced people back then that are still of a reasonably young age and willing and able to do it.

— Chris Stanton, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

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