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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ahr-gyoo-uh-buh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr gyu ə bəl |
Definition of arguable
Origin :- 1610s, from argue + -able.
- adj tenable
- adj debatable
- One does not argue, for there are certain things not arguable.
- Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
- But an aristocracy must be a minority, and it is arguable that the smaller it is the better.
- Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
- Their consultation was brief; there was no arguable question of what must be done, only of how.
- Extract from : « World of the Drone » by Robert Abernathy
- I dare say it's arguable—most things are here—but I won't argue it, or we shall be late for church.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Maxon Protests » by Anthony Hope
- "Commission form of government" is a subject, but it is not arguable, for it gives you no hold either for affirming or denying.
- Extract from : « The Making of Arguments » by J. H. Gardiner
- Make three arguable propositions on the subject, "Entrance examinations for college."
- Extract from : « The Making of Arguments » by J. H. Gardiner
- Then with these before you, you can soon, by stating them and rearranging them, simmer down your case into arguable form.
- Extract from : « The Making of Arguments » by J. H. Gardiner
- How much he owed to Rubens, and how much Rubens162 owed to him in painting is a matter that is arguable.
- Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
- But one arresting and tremendous difference towers over all these doubtful or arguable differences.
- Extract from : « Utopia of Usurers and other Essays » by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- To him, however, all rights to property were purely civil and arguable only on principles of positive law.
- Extract from : « Mediaeval Socialism » by Bede Jarrett
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