aunswerable

Adjective

answerable (comparative more answerable, superlative most answerable)

1. Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
   • Should any Man argue, that […] he cannot be justly punished, but is answerable only to God […]1731, Jonathan Swift, “The Sentiments of a Church-of-England Man, with respect to Religion and Government” in Miscellanies, London: Benjamin Motte and Charles Bathurst, Volume I, Section 2, p. 91
2. Able to be answered.
   • Is my question answerable on basis of the reading alone or does it go outside the information given in the story?2013, Marc Moeller, Victor Moeller, Middle School English Teacher's Guide to Active Learning, page 67
3. (archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).
   • What wit and policie of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course?1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XI.] chapter 5 “Of Bees,”.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....
4. (archaic) Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.
   • […] at my farm / I have a hundred milch-kine to the pail, / Six score fat oxen standing in my stalls, / And all things answerable to this portion.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
5. (rare) Of an argument: capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
   • [T]he argument, though ſubtle, is yet anſwerable.1755 April 15, Samuel Johnson, “A′nswerable”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–K), London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; […], →OCLC, column 1