supposable

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To Milly, as so much younger, such far views couldn't be imputed: there was nobody she was supposable as interested for.

From The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 by James, Henry

It is hardly supposable that this mode of preparation of soil would meet with favor among all farmers.

From The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. by Compton, D. A.

They sat up all night, whispering over to each other the parts they were to act in case of various supposable difficulties.

From The Freedmen's Book by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

You appear to me to compare things together, which cannot, under any supposable circumstances, be made the subject of comparison.

From Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 by Ricardo, David

But no loyal citizen has been admitted behind the curtain, in either of the supposable instances.

From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry