Hypertext Webster Gateway: "questionable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Questionable \Ques"tion*a*ble\, a.
1. Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to
invite, inquiry. [R.]

Thou com'st in such a questionable shape That I will
speak to thee. -- Shak.

2. Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in
question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious.

It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the
dissection of a human body.T. -- Baker.

Syn: Disputable; debatable; uncertain; doubtful;
problematical; suspicious.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

questionable
adj 1: subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable
reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin" [ant: {unquestionable}]
2: able to be refuted [syn: {refutable}]


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