mistakable
adjective
capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.
mistakably
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a word derived from
mistakable.
Example Sentences
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In this way, too, did that pervading ambition of the British young man to be, if not a "gentleman," at least mistakably like one, take root in his heart.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
He shows his tiredness in a gentlemanly manner, but not very mistakably.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
Drake, meantime, was mistakably following in the dark and stormy night a phantom enemy, in the shape of five Easterling vessels.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Frederick Whymper
