supposable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of supposable
First recorded in 1625–35; suppos(e) ( def. ) + -able ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Dictionary.com credits the popularity the third questionable word — "supposably" — to the character of Joey Tribbiani of "Friends," who definitely didn’t invent the term, but may have helped to popularize it in a 1995 episode.
From Fox News
It’s like a cow’s opinion, according to Joey, who also says “supposably.”
From Washington Post
“The science elective is supposably the hardest elective of all,” he said.
From Literature
If this doctrine is true, it is demonstrably evident, that in no instance, real or supposable, have men any power whatever to will or to act differently from what they do.
From Project Gutenberg
There was more than one element, therefore, in the supposable value of the Noank, considered as the prize of the British frigate, Clyde.
From Project Gutenberg
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