Synonyms for fathomable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fath -uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæð əm


Définition of fathomable

Origin :
  • 1630s, figurative; 1690s, literal; from fathom (v.) + -able.
  • adj understandable
Example sentences :
  • But in every other sense, in all that touches the fathomable business of daylight, she has been a conspicuous success.
  • Extract from : « The Open Secret of Ireland » by T. M. Kettle
  • They are fathomable; for carried to a certain pitch of intensity they end in ecstasy or they end in death.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • They are fathomable; for even in the souls of "the immortals" they are only instruments of life warring against death.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • The twitching would disappear for a time for no fathomable reason, and reappear again.
  • Extract from : « Tics and Their Treatment » by Henry Meigne

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