surmisable
- adjective
- /sɜrˈmaɪzəbl/
- The motive behind his actions was surmisable from his nervous glances.
Examples
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The conclusion was surmisable given the clues left behind at the scene.
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It is surmisable that she knew more than she admitted.
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Based on the evidence presented, several outcomes remained surmisable.
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The data is surmisable.
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Her feelings are surmisable.
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It is surmisable from her tone that she was upset about the situation.
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His reluctance to answer questions was surmisable to anyone observing the conversation.
Synonyms
Able to be worked out from the given information
Likely to be true based on the facts
Easy to find out from information or clues
Possible to imagine as true with little proof
You can understand it from facts or clues
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Surmisable comes from the verb surmise plus the ending -able, where -able means 'can be'. Surmise means 'to guess from small clues', so something surmisable is 'able to be guessed' from the evidence you have.