Hypertext Webster Gateway: "measurably"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Measurable \Meas"ur*a*ble\, a. [F. mesurable, L. mensurabilis.
See {Measure}, and cf. {Mensurable}.]
1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or
computation.

2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive.

Of his diet measurable was he. --Chaucer.
-- {Meas"ur*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Meas"ur*a*bly}, adv.

Yet do it measurably, as it becometh Christians.
--Latimer.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

measurably
adv : to a measurable degree; "the difference is measurably large"
[ant: {immeasurably}]


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