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comportable

comportable adjective: consistent; suitable.

Adjective

comportable (comparative more comportable, superlative most comportable)

  1. (obsolete) Consistent; suitable.
    • [T]here vvere tvvo vvayes to be deliuered; The one Hiſtoricall, by deſcription of the principall vvorkes, performed already in good part, by Giorgio Vaſſari in the liues of Architects: The other Logicall, by caſting the rules and cautions of this Art, into ſome comportable Methode: […]1624, Henry Wotton, “The Preface”, in The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC
    • But, when his nephew, leaning an elbow on the table, covered his eyes thoughtfully and dejectedly with his hand, the fine mask looked at him sideways with a stonger concentration of keenness, closeness, and dislike, than was comportable with its wearer's assumption of indifference.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
  2. Satisfactory; acceptable.
    • Number 2, at present in the occupation of Oliver Cromwell, and divided from the former by Conococheqgue Creek, contains 340 or 350 acres—the soil is productive, the improvements neat and comportable, and there is from 130 to 150 acres of it still in woods, which is covered with timber of a very...1985, Edward George Schwaegerle, The Schneller/Cromwell Families
    • A person could only be present with us as a whole person, then, provided her actions were comportable and provided we were somehow in a position to appreciate that comportability .1994, The Personalist Forum - Volumes 10-13, page 155

Examples of comportable in a sentence

  • If penetration is the only inference comportable with the evidence it is sufficient.1909, Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure - Volume 33, page 1487:
  • We had decent food, hammocks to sleep in,and were granted all privileges comportable with our position as prisoners.1932, Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall, Mutiny on the Bounty:

Forms of comportable

comparativemore comportable
superlativemost comportable

Origin of comportable

From comport + -able.

Questions about comportable

What does comportable mean?
Comportable means consistent; suitable.
How do you use comportable in a sentence?
If penetration is the only inference comportable with the evidence it is sufficient.
What part of speech is comportable?
Comportable is an adjective.

Words near comportable in the dictionary

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

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