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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ahr-gyoo-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr gyu ə bəl

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Définition of arguable

Origin :
  • 1610s, from argue + -able.
  • adj tenable
  • adj debatable
Example sentences :
  • 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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