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Definition of forgivable in English: forgivableadjective fəˈɡɪvəb(ə)lfərˈɡɪvəb(ə)l Able to be forgiven or tolerated; excusable. Example sentencesExamples - At a karaoke bar, bad singing is forgivable, even expected.
- It's unavoidable, understandable, and perfectly forgivable under the circumstances.
- The company then applied for and was granted the forgivable loan.
- This flaw is forgivable, a natural result of working with a canvas 843 acres large.
- We've made accommodations to the system and allowances for ourselves which is natural and forgivable.
Synonyms pardonable, excusable, condonable, understandable, tolerable, permissible, allowable, justifiable all right, within accepted bounds minor, petty, slight, unimportant, insignificant, trivial, venial, not serious
Derivativesadverbfəˈɡɪvəb(ə)li The teacher, perhaps understandably but not really forgivably, was rushing through the material; no doubt to meet the targets identified in the syllabus. Example sentencesExamples - More likely, but even less forgivably, he is in fact being deliberately deceptive, intent on sowing division and hatred as he spreads waves of squid ink of deliberate obfuscation.
- But there are situations, I would argue, when it is efficiently - even forgivably - narcissistic.
- Less forgivably, he often wants to run on about logical positivism.
- Less forgivably, some United fans held up play by invading the pitch.
Definition of forgivable in US English: forgivableadjectivefərˈɡivəb(ə)lfərˈɡɪvəb(ə)l Able to be forgiven or tolerated; excusable. Example sentencesExamples - We've made accommodations to the system and allowances for ourselves which is natural and forgivable.
- This flaw is forgivable, a natural result of working with a canvas 843 acres large.
- At a karaoke bar, bad singing is forgivable, even expected.
- It's unavoidable, understandable, and perfectly forgivable under the circumstances.
- The company then applied for and was granted the forgivable loan.
Synonyms pardonable, excusable, condonable, understandable, tolerable, permissible, allowable, justifiable |