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answerable

[an-ser-uh-buhl, ahn-]

an·swer·a·ble

[an-ser-uh-buhl, ahn-]
adjective
1.
liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
2.
capable of being answered: a question answerable by mail.
3.
proportionate; correlative (usually followed by to).
4.
corresponding; suitable (usually followed by to): The amount is not answerable to my needs.

Origin:
1540–50; answer + -able

an·swer·a·bil·i·ty, an·swer·a·ble·ness, noun
an·swer·a·bly, adverb
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Answerable is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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answerable (ˈɑːnsərəbəl)
 
adj
1.  (postpositive; foll by for or to) responsible or accountable: answerable for someone's safety; answerable to one's boss
2.  able to be answered
 
answera'bility
 
n
 
'answerableness
 
n
 
'answerably
 
adv

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