justifiable
Use Justifiable in a sentence
təˌfaɪ adjective
capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
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justifiable (ˈdʒʌstɪˌfaɪəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| capable of being justified; understandable | |
| justifia'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'justifiableness | |
| —n | |
| 'justifiably | |
| —adv | |
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Justifiable
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| 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. |
Example sentences
The exclamation mark after friend is justifiable, not the other.
Incremental bandwidth is a tiny part of the cost of supporting broadband so only a tiny usage charge is justifiable.
It is a justifiable intervention, for a reason almost everybody can agree with.
However, it does not give justifiable picture of inequality.
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