adv. [f. prec. (formerly pronounced allow-ed) + -LY2.] In a manner that is allowed, admitted or acknowledged; by general allowance or admission; admittedly.
1602. T. Fitzherb., Apol., 47 a. Alowdly improba[b]le in it self.
1678. Manton, 20 Serm., v. Wks. 1871, II. 230. Living willingly and allowedly in his sins.
1742. Shenstone, Ess. (1806), 5. Allowedly more genteel.
1859. De Quincey, Style, Wks. XI. 243. It may allowedly be used in all cases.
1879. Academy, XV. 29/2. The English is allowedly one of the most complete of the European languages, as it is also the most widely spread, being used throughout Great Britain and its colonies, the United States of America, in India, and in Africa.
