Her ostensible purpose was to borrow sugar, but she really wanted to see her neighbor's new furniture.
SYNONYM(S): seeming.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ten´a|ble|ness — ten|a|ble «TEHN uh buhl», adjective. that can be held or defended: »a tenable position, Figurative. a tenable theory. SYNONYM(S): defensible, unassailable. ╂[< Middle French tenable < Old French tenr hold (< Latin tenēre)]… … Useful english dictionary
ten|a|ble — «TEHN uh buhl», adjective. that can be held or defended: »a tenable position, Figurative. a tenable theory. SYNONYM(S): defensible, unassailable. ╂[< Middle French tenable < Old French tenr hold (< Latin tenēre)] –ten´a|ble|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
ten|si|ble — «TEHN suh buhl», adjective. that can be stretched. ╂[< Late Latin tēnsibilis capable of tension < Latin tendere to stretch] … Useful english dictionary
ex|ten|si|ble — «ehk STEHN suh buhl», adjective. that can be extended. –ex|ten´si|ble|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
un|ten|a|ble — «uhn TEHN uh buhl», adjective. not tenable; indefensible: »Figurative. the untenable proposition that London is as hot as Calcutta (Thackeray). –un|ten´a|ble|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
dis|ten|si|ble — «dihs TEHN suh buhl», adjective. that can be distended … Useful english dictionary
lis|ten|a|ble — «LIHS uh nuh buhl, LIHS nuh », adjective. pleasant to listen to; worth listening to: »... the more listenable current melodies (Harper s) … Useful english dictionary
ex|ten´si|ble|ness — ex|ten|si|ble «ehk STEHN suh buhl», adjective. that can be extended. –ex|ten´si|ble|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
un|ten´a|ble|ness — un|ten|a|ble «uhn TEHN uh buhl», adjective. not tenable; indefensible: »Figurative. the untenable proposition that London is as hot as Calcutta (Thackeray). –un|ten´a|ble|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
in|ex|ten|si|ble — «IHN ihk STEHN suh buhl», adjective. that cannot be extended; not extensible … Useful english dictionary
