Accountably

adv. [f. ACCOUNTABLE a. + -LY².] In a manner accountable, that can be reckoned, or that can be accounted for.

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1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 307. The Sunne ariseth unto the one sooner then the other, and so accountably unto any Nation subjected unto the same parallell.

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1665. J. Spencer, Prophecies, 122. He acts so accountably and consonantly to our Notions in the Works of his Providence.

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1713. Guardian, No. 55 (1756), I. 244. If a christian forgoes some present advantage for the sake of his conscience, he acts accountably.

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