allowingly
advEtymology From Middle English allowingli, equivalent to allowing + -ly.
1
In an allowing or permissive manner
- Hearts continually beat allowingly and permitted the night to continue its quest.2004, Bruce Hamilton, 120 Paragraphs, page 59:
- “Not at all,” he agreed, and lay back, exhaling, allowingly.2012, Iain M. Banks, The Hydrogen Sonata:
- Synonyms
- approvingly, permittedly