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comportability

comportability noun: the state or quality of being comportable; consistency; suitability; tolerability.

Noun

comportability (uncountable)

  1. (formal, rare) The state or quality of being comportable; consistency; suitability; tolerability.
    • But this descriptive commonplace is not sufficient to account for the sort of comportability-predicated integrity we have been talking about.1994, The Personalist Forum, volume 10 to 13, The Furman University Press - Originally: The Michigan University Press, page 159
    • But what about that plausibility? What would make belief in the ultimate comportability of all Stories' mandated actions a plausible belief?2004, Richard C. Prust, At the Interface - Wholeness: The Character Logic of Christian Belief - Probing the Boundaries, Radopi Publishing - Amsterdam & New York - Printed in the Netherlands, page 44

Origin of comportability

From comportable + -ity.

Questions about comportability

What does comportability mean?
Comportability means the state or quality of being comportable; consistency; suitability; tolerability.
What part of speech is comportability?
Comportability is a noun.

Words near comportability in the dictionary

  1. compooter
  2. compooters
  3. compoplot
  4. compoplots
  5. comport
  6. comportability
  7. comportable
  8. comportance
  9. comportances
  10. comportation
  11. comportations

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