Removably

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a way that permits something to be taken away or detached without damage
2. So as to allow easy separation or disconnection from a place or object
3. In a manner that enables an item to be removed or detached when desired

Etymology: "Removably" is a plain adverb built by adding "-ly" to the adjective "removable," which in turn comes from "remove" plus "-able." The verb "remove" reaches English through Old French "removoir" and Anglo-Norman "remover" from Latin "removere," itself formed from "re-" (back, away) and "movere" (to move). Its literal sense is therefore "to move back or away," and the same movement lies at the core of "removably": something that can be moved away from where it is attached. The suffix "-able" has a longer ancestry than the verb it attaches to. It descends from Latin "-bilis" and "-abilis," which turned a verb into an adjective meaning "capable of being done," and it entered English through Old French "-able" in Middle English. Attached to "remove," it gives "removable," meaning capable of being taken away, and the adverb adds "-ly" to describe the manner of doing so.

Synonyms: detachable, disengagably, extractably, separably, unfastenably

Antonyms: permanently, irremovably, fixedly, stably, attachedly