supportably

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English supportable

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English supportably

From supportable + -ly.

Adverb

supportably (comparative more supportably, superlative most supportably)

1. In a supportable manner.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “supportably”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.