construable

American  

[kuhn-stroo-uh-buhl] / kənˈstru ə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being construed.

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Other Word Forms

• construability noun
• nonconstruability noun
• nonconstruable adjective
• unconstruable adjective

Etymology

Origin of construable

First recorded in 1650–60; construe + -able

Example Sentences

This further suggests that canine species in general are able to use specific types of vocalizations based on what types of animals they are around, indicating that they have an inner self which might in other contexts be vocalized in a manner construable as "singing."

From Salon

According to Steven Franconeri, professor of cognitive psychology and principal investigator of Northwestern University’s Visual Thinking Lab, biology makes some of these formats less construable than others.

From Washington Post

Again, the spectacle of his back which he vouchsafed to Moses is construable only as an arri�re-pens�e, unless it be profound philosophy, unless it be taken that the face of God represents Providence, to see which would be to behold the future, whereas the back disclosed the past.

From Project Gutenberg

The second passage is hardly construable.

From Project Gutenberg

What actually has transpired is that the whole thing was a mare's nest, simply and nothing more than military information under cover marked "secret," giving topographical and other details upon the Orange Free State—a proceeding which is carried out by all military authorities of any pretensions to prudent activity in the information department, and no more construable into actual hostile intentions than are other geographical surveys for general instructions or for school use.

From Project Gutenberg