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arguable

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ar⋅gu⋅a⋅ble

  [ahr-gyoo-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
2. susceptible to being supported by convincing or persuasive argument: Admirers agree that it is arguable he is the finest pianist of his generation.
Origin:
1605–15; argue + -able

Related forms:
ar⋅gu⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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ar·gu·a·ble   (är'gyōō-ə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved.

  2. Capable of being argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law.

ar'gu·a·bly adv.
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