unaˈccusable, a.
(un-1 7 b. Cf. late L. inaccūsābilis, F. inaccusable.)
| 1582 Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 538 The saidis nobill men..salbe untroublid and unaccusabill for that caus in tyme cuming. 1589 Ibid. IV. 406 To be free and unaccusable for thair ressett and furnissing grantit to the saidis Erllis. 1651 Stanley Poems, etc. 256 Persons exact and unaccusable in every part. 1853 Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vi. 160 They thus receive the results of the labour of inferior minds; and out of fragments full of imperfection,..indulgently raise up a stately and unaccusable whole. 1886 ― Præterita (1899) I. iv. 117 As much trigonometry as made my mountain work..unaccusable. |
Hence unaˈccusably adv.
| 1859 Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 199 Every man..unaccusably accomplished..for his place and function. 1870 ― Lect. Art vi. 161 The slightest attempts to copy them will show you that the terminal lines are..unaccusably true. |