Sortably
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 suitably obsolete
"Her husband, who had left the room immediately after ushering in the warrior and his sooty burthen, entered as she ws about to speak; and, in answer to her appeal to him, declared that the knight "could i' no fashion be put up sortably with the like o' them: sorry was he; but welcome should he be to a share of the supper, and a draught at the ale-jug;"
- 2 Such that (something) can be sorted.
"peripheral limit means to sortably remove the coins from the disc while in a "single file" on the disc, in accordance with their denominational value."
Example
More examples"Her husband, who had left the room immediately after ushering in the warrior and his sooty burthen, entered as she ws about to speak; and, in answer to her appeal to him, declared that the knight "could i' no fashion be put up sortably with the like o' them: sorry was he; but welcome should he be to a share of the supper, and a draught at the ale-jug;"
Etymology
From sortable + -ly.
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