answerable meaning
EN[ˈɑːsəɹəb(ə)l] [ˈæn.sɛɹ.ʌ.bl]- AdjectiveCOMmore answerableSUPmost answerableSUF-able
- Obliged to answer or be called to account (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
- Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.
- (archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).
- What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.
- (now rare) Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.
- (rare) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
- The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson.
- Obliged to answer or be called to account (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
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