EXCUSABLY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

excusably

adverb

Definition of excusably

as in justifiably

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Adverb

As nice as the seasons have been for Christian Scott and Zac Thornton, the expectations for McLean are justifiably higher.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Cal’s power donors (justifiably) wanted out of the Justin Wilcox era because steady mediocrity and 20-13 slugfests were boring everyone to tears.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 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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This one, steeped in milk and cream, sparks off the roof of your mouth with a gentle chile burn and the pleasantly numbing zap of cloves.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Plan on a much sunnier and breezy Monday, with pleasantly warm afternoon temperatures in the 70s.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of pleasantly

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But the smartest among them—or just the most ambitious—might reasonably conclude that the way to be funny for a living is to get very good at talking to their friends and interviewing people.

— Dan Brooks, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Are there simply too many scary movies, or just more than any one fan can reasonably follow?

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

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