dispensably

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adverb

Such that it could be dispensed with; optionally; non-essentially.

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Meanings

adverbdispensably (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSuch that it could be dispensed with; optionally; non-essentially.

    Sentences were formed from terms by the existence functor '∃' and, dispensably, the further functors '∀', '⊆', '⊂', and '≡'.

    1982, Willard Van Orman Quine, Methods of Logic, page 283

Origin

From dispensable + -ly.

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APA

dispensably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispensably

MLA

“dispensably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispensably. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dispensably,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispensably.

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