Definition of "forgivably" []

• In a forgivable way. (adverb)

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• "As it stands, it is mildly "irksome," though forgivably so."
• "Thanksgiving was last month here in Canada, and in the U.S. it is now over, which puts us all on what I may forgivably call an even footing."
• "This TV year could quite forgivably have kicked off its first week as did the rest of us, blearily zonked by family and travel and too many mismatched memories of an extremely strange 2011; begun it either literally or figuratively by leaning grudgingly into the wind with itchy present-socks and scratchy foreboding and an old-brain urge to simply… hide… until spring."