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Definition of Surmisable
1. Adjective. Capable of being inferred on slight grounds.
Definition of Surmisable
1. a. Capable of being surmised; as, a surmisable result.
Definition of Surmisable
1. Adjective. Capable of being surmised. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surmisable
Literary usage of Surmisable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1899)
"And it :: mother had been as pretty and winning and intelligent as the daughter
bid fair to become, it is surmisable that the ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... metallurgical methods, the reward which would follow the proper application
of capital sufficient to operate on a large and modern scale is surmisable. ..."
3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"Of the rest, 20000 under Conti are for Italy; 60000 (by degrees 40000) under
Coigny for defence of the Rhine Countries, should Prince Earl, as is surmisable ..."
4. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"Middle-Rhine Army in a staggering State; Intricacy settles itself, the wrong
Way.y '• Early in March it becomes surmisable that ..."
5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by The Century Co. (Nueva York) (1892)
"Only one of these measures, for surmisable reasons, prospered beyond a certain
stage. In 1876 General Francis T. Nicholls, who had left both an arm and a ..."
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