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Adjective

answerable (comparative more answerable, superlative most answerable)

1. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.

   Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.

2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

   The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson.

3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.

   What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.

   This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. --Milton.

4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

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