conceivable

[ kuh n-see-vuh-buh l ]

/ kənˈsi və bəl /

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adjective

capable of being conceived; imaginable.

Words nearby conceivable

concealed-carry, concealment, concede, conceit, conceited, conceivable, conceive, concelebrant, concelebrate, concelebration, concent

Origin of conceivable

1425–75; late Middle English. See conceive, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM conceivable

con·ceiv·a·bil·i·ty, con·ceiv·a·ble·ness, nouncon·ceiv·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for conceivably

The logic was simple: In a place like Afghanistan, anyone could conceivably be the enemy.
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If those weapons are already in country, ISIS could, conceivably, capture one.
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They conceivably could have leapt from a number of tall buildings and then drifted over to where they landed.
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So conceivably he could win the nomination and then the Democrats would likely “Cruz” to a Johnson vs. Goldwater-style landslide.
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Being somebody who Carrie could have conceivably reached or gotten out in some sort of prison escape in Season 4.
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And Somehow Good is simply snipped off, when it might conceivably have proceeded on its way.
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Or one might conceivably be in a place where the necessaries of life could not be bought for money at all.
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Can we conceivably accept these doctrines in the literal sense in which the Church advances them?
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I feared he would be shocked at finding me there, would consider my conduct incorrect, conceivably treat me with contempt.
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Time is no force that could conceivably act as a stimulus to a sense organ.
Psychology|Robert S. Woodworth

British Dictionary definitions for conceivably

conceivable

/ (kənˈsiːvəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being understood, believed, or imagined; possible

Derived forms of conceivable

conceivability or conceivableness, nounconceivably, adverb

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