Example sentences from the Web for colourable

Tourists are also catered for in a native block-stamped variety, which is at least a colourable imitation of the real article.
Across the Equator|Thomas H. Reid
To give a colourable aspect to their hypothesis, the witnesses affirm that Lévi was a high-grade Mason.
Devil-Worship in France|Arthur Edward Waite
Not a blow was struck which gave a colourable ground for outrage on the part of the police.
Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2)|George Jacob Holyoake
It rather looks as if the two were not genuine oleographs but only colourable imitations.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Nov 21, 1917 |Various

He not only has no masters in the novel; he has scarcely a colourable peer.
A Book of Prefaces|H. L. Mencken

colourable

/ (ˈkʌlərəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being coloured

appearing to be true; plausiblea colourable excuse

pretended; feignedcolourable affection

Derived forms of colourable

colourability or colourableness, nouncolourably, adverb

Words nearby colourable

colostomy bag, colostrorrhea, colostrum, colotomy, colour, colourable, colour bar, colour-blind, colour code, colour commentator, colour contrast

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单词	colourable
释义	Example sentences from the Web for colourable Tourists are also catered for in a native block-stamped variety, which is at least a colourable imitation of the real article. Across the Equator\|Thomas H. Reid To give a colourable aspect to their hypothesis, the witnesses affirm that Lévi was a high-grade Mason. Devil-Worship in France\|Arthur Edward Waite Not a blow was struck which gave a colourable ground for outrage on the part of the police. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2)\|George Jacob Holyoake It rather looks as if the two were not genuine oleographs but only colourable imitations. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Nov 21, 1917 \|Various He not only has no masters in the novel; he has scarcely a colourable peer. A Book of Prefaces\|H. L. Mencken colourable / (ˈkʌlərəbəl) / adjective capable of being coloured appearing to be true; plausiblea colourable excuse pretended; feignedcolourable affection Derived forms of colourable colourability or colourableness, nouncolourably, adverb Words nearby colourable colostomy bag, colostrorrhea, colostrum, colotomy, colour, colourable, colour bar, colour-blind, colour code, colour commentator, colour contrast Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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