Pardonably \Par"don*a*bly\, adv. In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably. --Dryden.
pardonably adv : in an excusable manner or to an excusable degree; "he was excusably late" [syn: {excusably}, {forgivably}] [ant: {inexcusably}, {inexcusably}, {inexcusably}]