Comportable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Comportable is an adjective meaning Satisfactory; acceptable.
Meaning
Satisfactory; acceptable.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Consistent; suitable.
Example Sentences
If penetration is the only inference comportable with the evidence it is sufficient.
We had decent food, hammocks to sleep in,and were granted all privileges comportable with our position as prisoners.
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 .
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include convenable, conformable, convenient, semblable, competible, consentaneous.
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