justifiably

comparative more justifiably · superlative most justifiably

1. In a justifiable manner; with justification.

   A number of these projects have, justifiably, been award-winning. Overall, these schemes make a justifiable achievement.

   2022 December 28, Don Jary, “Partnerships enhancing the S&C”, in RAIL, number 973, page 32

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   Another area in which corporations have been catching heat is in the area of environmental pollution, and justifiably so.

   1989, Edwin C. Sims, Capitalism, in Spite of it All, page 296

   Madocks built his model town on land partly reclaimed from the sea, and was justifiably proud of the fact that it stood well below what was still the official high-water mark. Until then, the surrounding area was largely marshland.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 385, about Tremadog

   Manchester needs more railway capacity. Just how that is provided until the new platforms are built for HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail, I will leave for the experts, but a do-nothing approach is not going to be helpful and quite justifiably will create more arguments that the North is being ignored.

   2020 April 22, “Letters: Open Access: Castlefield conundrum”, in Rail, page 31