Arguable


susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable:
whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
susceptible to being supported by convincing or persuasive argument:
admirers agree that it is arguable he is the finest pianist of his generation.
contemporary examples

with the arguable exception of volver, every movie he has released in the last decade has been stale and predictable.
is pedro almodóvar a fraud? constantino diaz-duran january 13, 2010

some (many) critics would argue that that is seven campy, poorly made, arguable offensive films too many.
hey! some people liked grown ups 2: critics defend the razzie nominations amy zimmerman january 14, 2014

so a quick joke in arguable taste seemed the only corrective measure at hand.
how barack knocked the satire out of me christopher buckley november 4, 2008

whether or not one likes the music of garth brooks, it is arguable that he is the last and only populist in pop culture.
i’m not country or pop. i’m just pure garth brooks. david masciotra september 9, 2014

it is arguable, and i would do so, that without her we would have been denied the glory of les fleurs du mal.
baudelaire’s femme fatale muse james macm-n-s may 6, 2013

historical examples

make three arguable propositions on the subject, “entrance examinations for college.”
the making of arguments j. h. gardiner

one does not argue, for there are certain things not arguable.
pipefuls christopher morley

he became sensible, arguable, uncertain, submitting himself to the balances of reason and expediency like the rest of us.
essays in rebellion henry w. nevinson

but an aristocracy must be a minority, and it is arguable that the smaller it is the better.
what i saw in america g. k. chesterton

how much he owed to rubens, and how much rubens162 owed to him in painting is a matter that is arguable.
six centuries of painting randall davies

adjective
capable of being disputed; doubtful
capable of being supported by argument; plausible
adj.

1610s, from argue + -able.

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