Definitions

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  • adjective Capable of being surmised.

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  • adjective Capable of being surmised.

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  • adjective capable of being inferred on slight grounds

Etymologies

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surmise +‎ -able

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Examples

  • I found myself in a long road of tall and unlit mansions, stretching away into the distance, its length surmisable alone by the thread of twinkling gas-lamps which lay in front.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2005

  • Out of the tail of his eye, just before he and Sonntag came to grips, he had caught a glimpse of this surmisable third party.

    From Place to Place 1910

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