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supposable

[ suh-poh-zuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being assumed, imagined, or supposed; conceivable:

    Is it supposable that there could be any constitutional obstacle to the measure?



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of supposable1

First recorded in 1625–35; suppos(e) ( def ) + -able ( def )
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Dictionary.com credits the popularity the third questionable word — "supposably" — to the character of Joey Tribbiani of "Friends," who definitely didn’t invent the term, but may have helped to popularize it in a 1995 episode.

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It’s like a cow’s opinion, according to Joey, who also says “supposably.”

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“You said the science elective is supposably really hard. I heard you.”

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If this doctrine is true, it is demonstrably evident, that in no instance, real or supposable, have men any power whatever to will or to act differently from what they do.

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There was more than one element, therefore, in the supposable value of the Noank, considered as the prize of the British frigate, Clyde.

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