conjecturable

Example Sentences

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But to ask for some sort of visible or plausibly conjecturable effect is not at all the same thing as to ask for miracles.

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William

It lay, a black mass, and whether it was a vast huddle of weeds, or a great whale killed by the earthquake, or solid land uphove by the volcanic rupture, was not conjecturable.

From Stories by English Authors: the Sea by Various

"I would gladly reckon it in my catalogue of pleasures," the Rev. Doctor responded; "for in good sooth it is conjecturable that I shall be left very much alone."

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

But formerly, and especially by the theoreticians, by verisimilar was understood historical credibility, or that historical truth which is not demonstrable, but conjecturable, not true, but verisimilar.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

It is even conjecturable that Carter may have said puribus omnia pura; but if he did so, it was with so droll an accent that his audience laughed again.

From Kathleen by Morley, Christopher