supposable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of supposable
First recorded in 1625–35; suppos(e) ( def. ) + -able ( def. )
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From which it was supposable that Leslie had been living in circles where the gaiety was hollow.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
A look at the quotations from Kropotkin will show that I have not drawn much on my own ingenuity in conceiving such a scheme as supposable.
From Anarchism by Paul Eltzbacher
A general stampede of the boys to the stables made it supposable that he was in the midst of the gay little group rushing that way.
From Trading by Susan Warner
You appear to me to compare things together, which cannot, under any supposable circumstances, be made the subject of comparison.
From Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 by David Ricardo
When the greater force is greater than all supposable will, then its sequents take place by a general relative necessity.
From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan
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