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Grammar : Adj
Spell : an-ser-uh-buh l, ahn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn sər ə bəl, ˈɑn-

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Définition of answerable

Origin :
  • "liable to be held responsible," 1540s, from answer (v.) + -able. Less-common meaning "able to be answered" is from 1690s.
  • adj responsible
Example sentences :
  • I am not answerable for offences which have their origin in the eyes of the multitude.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Your father takes it upon himself to be answerable for all consequences.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • "If my father has been guilty, that man is answerable for his guilt," she thought perpetually.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • For almost all faults of this kind the public are answerable, not the painter.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • My inferences are my own, but I shall be answerable for the facts.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She wondered if James knew for how much his eyeglass was answerable.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • It was difficult to live alone, though he was not answerable.
  • Extract from : « Falk » by Joseph Conrad
  • You are only answerable to yourself, but I have to answer to my superiors.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • On the other hand, the wind and seas were answerable for the progress we had made to the north.
  • Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
  • The theory that profit is the wages of risk is answerable in substantially the same way.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo

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