supposable

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"He's a man," he answered briefly, adding nothing to the supposable fact.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

From which it was supposable that Leslie had been living in circles where the gaiety was hollow.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Even guardianship of the government newly created would be carried on in a very loose manner; for it would be exercised without any feeling of personal interest, even in the most favorable case supposable.

From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)

It was not supposable that he could write in Greek.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar

There is reason to believe that many of these supposable saline combinations are not capable of being formed, which must greatly reduce the real number of neutral salts producible by nature and art.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine