colourable

/ (ˈkʌlərəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being coloured
appearing to be true; plausible: a colourable excuse

pretended; feigned: colourable affection

Derived forms of colourable

colourability or colourableness, noun
colourably, adverb

Words Nearby colourable

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How to use colourable in a sentence

To give a colourable aspect to their hypothesis, the witnesses affirm that Lévi was a high-grade Mason.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward Waite
It rather looks as if the two were not genuine oleographs but only colourable imitations.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Nov 21, 1917 | Various
Now, we all know how many colourable claims of right are created by prescription.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 | Various
But it is quite useless to look for any colourable pretext for German remorselessness in this matter.
A Noble Woman | Ernest Protheroe
All of them show the basest ingratitude under a colourable cloak of human excuse.
William Shakespeare | John Masefield

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