colourable
adjective
capable of being coloured
colourably
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a word derived from
colourable.
Example Sentences
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Every point in the witness’ past life, which he could colourably touch upon—and several which he could not—was raised.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
But I respected his scruples, lest his views should become colourably identified with my own.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
The authorities of the place, or some of them, would have had him spare his pains, and colourably evade the statute by talking instead of lecturing.
From The Life of Froude by Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul
Prouided alwayes, that the saide merchants shall not colour any strangers wares, nor bring them into our countrey, nor fauour them colourably, nor sel for any stranger.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 by Richard Hakluyt
To do him justice, Lambert himself felt a repulsion towards one who could ever have colourably lain under so horrible a suspicion, which was not altogether the outcome of his hatred of this particular individual.
From A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance by Bertram Mitford
