colourable

/ ˈkʌlərəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being coloured
2. appearing to be true; plausible

   a colourable excuse

3. pretended; feigned

   colourable affection

Derived Forms

• ˌcolouraˈbility, noun
• ˈcolourably, adverb

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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