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arguable

[ ahr-gyoo-uh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable:
Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
susceptible to being supported by convincing or persuasive argument:
Admirers agree that it is arguable he is the finest pianist of his generation.

arguable

/ ˈɑːɡjʊəbəl /

First recorded in 1605–15; argue + -able

Whether or not one likes the music of Garth Brooks, it is arguable that he is the last and only populist in pop culture.

Some (many) critics would argue that that is seven campy, poorly made, arguable offensive films too many.

Youth, beauty, apparent vigour and even the most arguable personal virtues may be sanctified by a sudden and violent death.

Where would a justice be more likely than in Israel to run across an arguable precept.

It is arguable, and I would do so, that without her we would have been denied the glory of Les Fleurs du Mal.

It is further arguable that its use points to a time when the death of the king was recent.

The right of the State to refuse divorce in the case of the insanity of a party to a marriage seems hardly arguable.

How much he owed to Rubens, and how much Rubens162 owed to him in painting is a matter that is arguable.

It is arguable that the ornamental soldier is suited by glossy buttons and may properly lavish time and trouble thereupon.

It is not arguable that glossy buttons are a valid feature of the garb of a humdrum and harassed hospital orderly.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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