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colourable
/ ˈkʌlərəbəl /
adjective
- capable of being coloured
- appearing to be true; plausible
a colourable excuse
- pretended; feigned
colourable affection
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Derived Forms
- ˌcolouraˈbility, noun
- ˈcolourably, adverb
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Example Sentences
To give a colourable aspect to their hypothesis, the witnesses affirm that Lévi was a high-grade Mason.
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It rather looks as if the two were not genuine oleographs but only colourable imitations.
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Now, we all know how many colourable claims of right are created by prescription.
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But it is quite useless to look for any colourable pretext for German remorselessness in this matter.
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All of them show the basest ingratitude under a colourable cloak of human excuse.
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