promissorily

English

Etymology

From promissory +‎ -ly.

Adverb

promissorily (not comparable)

1. In a promissory manner.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     Nor was he obliged by oath unto a strict observation of that which promissorily was unlawful