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副詞

in conscience (not comparable)

1. In fairness; by all that is reasonable. [from 15th c.]
   • 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Penguin 2009, p. 10:

     ‘Is she tall, or short?’ asked Mrs. Horton, still wishing for farther information.

     ‘Oh, tall enough of all conscience,’ returned Lady Evans […] .

   • 1809, Walter Scott, letter, 14 June:

     I ought in conscience to have made ten thousand pretty detours about all this.

   • 2005, Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black:

     I liked it when Mart came and we got the takeaway, but I should have left it all for him. Though in all conscience I didn't do it for the sake of the spare ribs.