Recoverably

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a way that permits something lost or damaged to be regained or restored
2. Describes the manner in which recovery or retrieval is possible after loss or harm
3. Refers to acting so that restoration or recouping is achievable following a setback

Etymology: "Recoverably" is simply "recoverable" with the adverbial ending "-ly" added, and the adjective is built from "recover" plus the suffix "-able." "Recover" came into English through Anglo-French "recoverer" from Latin "recuperare," meaning to get back or regain, and its sense of restoring something lost or healing from illness arrived with it. The suffix "-able" is the key to the adjective's meaning. It comes from Latin "-abilis," and it turns a verb into a description of what can be done to something. So "recoverable" describes something that can be got back, and "recoverably" describes the manner in which something can be restored. The adverb's use is most common in technical and legal contexts, such as data that can be retrieved after a system failure or losses that can be reclaimed after a dispute.

Synonyms: retrievably, regainably, restorably, reclaimably, reparably