Justifiably

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Justifiable \Jus"ti*fi`a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. justifiable. See
     {Justify}.]
     Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Just are the ways of God,


           And justifiable to men.                  --Milton.
  
     Syn: Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable;
          exculpable; authorizable. -- {Jus"ti*fi`a*ble*ness}, n.
          -- {Jus"ti*fi`a*bly}, adv.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  justifiably
       adv : with good reason; "he is justifiably bitter" [syn: {with
             reason}] [ant: {unjustifiably}]