adv. ? Obs. [f. as prec. + -LY2.]

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  † 1.  Conscientiously, according to conscience; with conscientious or scrupulous care. Obs.

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1552.  Huloet, Conscionably, or with a good conscience, religiose.

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1580.  North, Plutarch (1676), 993. Who could more eloquently or conscionably note the disparities and differences?

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1615.  W. Lawson, Orch. & Gard., III. i. (1668), 2. Such a Gardener as will conscionably … travel in your Orchard.

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1685.  Baxter, Paraphr. N. T., Matt. xiv. 9. How conscionably should bad Oaths be avoided, and good ones kept!

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  2.  Reasonably, fairly, moderately. ? Obs.

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1604.  Dekker, Honest Wh., I. Wks. 1873, II. 19. Cast. Well, how doe you rate it? Cand. Very conscionably, 18.s. a yard.

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c. 1611.  Chapman, Iliad, I. Comm. (1857), 24. I must conscionably make congression with such as have diminished, mangled, and maimed, my … author.

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1677.  Littleton, Lat. Dict., Conscionably, or reasonably, æque, justè, ex æquo & bono.

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