defensibly
In supportable fashion
In a manner that can be justified or defended against criticism.
A decision made defensibly has reasonable grounds behind it: The committee acted defensibly, given the information available at the time.
The word often appears in legal or ethical contexts where actions must withstand scrutiny.
To a sensible degree
- rationallyIn a logical manner
- legitimatelyIn a valid way
- validlyWith proper authority
- soundlyIn thorough manner
logically · arguable · warrantedly · plausibly · credibly · tenable · excusably · coherently
Regarding ethical principles
- justifiablyWith valid grounds
- righteouslyWith moral correctness
- conscientiouslyWith moral thoroughness
- principledHaving strong moral beliefs
scrupulously · honorably · uprightly · fairly · equitably · transparently · accountably · responsibly
With planned purpose
- tacticallyWith planned maneuvering
- fortifiedMade more resistant
- securelyIn a protected manner
- strongholdFortified place of defense
garrison · position · perimeter · entrenched · barricaded · guarded · shielded · impregnable
In legal compliance
- constitutionallyBy fundamental law or nature
- statutorilyBy enacted law
- permissiblyIn an allowed manner
- litigableSubject to lawsuit
compliantly · procedurally · judicially · contractually · binding · enforceable · precedent · jurisdictionally
reasonably
To a sensible degree
- rationallyIn a logical manner
- legitimatelyIn a valid way
- validlyWith proper authority
soundly · logically · arguable · warrantedly · plausibly · credibly · tenable · excusably · coherently · sensibly
morally
Regarding ethical principles
- justifiablyWith valid grounds
- righteouslyWith moral correctness
- conscientiouslyWith moral thoroughness
principled · scrupulously · honorably · uprightly · fairly · equitably · transparently · accountably · responsibly · virtuously
strategically
With planned purpose
- tacticallyWith planned maneuvering
- fortifiedMade more resistant
- securelyIn a protected manner
stronghold · garrison · position · perimeter · entrenched · barricaded · guarded · shielded · impregnable · holdable
lawfully
In legal compliance
- constitutionallyBy fundamental law or nature
- statutorilyBy enacted law
- permissiblyIn an allowed manner
litigable · compliantly · procedurally · judicially · contractually · binding · enforceable · precedent · jurisdictionally · codified
defensiblyindefensibly
Without valid justification
unjustifiably · unreasonably · unwarrantedly · groundlessly · baselessly
defensiblyinexcusably
Beyond any valid defense
deplorably · unconscionably · unforgivably · reprehensibly · impermissibly