tenable, well-founded
(adjective) based on sound reasoning or evidence; “well-founded suspicions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tenable (comparative more tenable, superlative most tenable)
(of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
(military) Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
Fit for habitation, similar, or related use.
• untenable
• intenable
• Beltane
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"a*ble, a. Etym: [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.]
Definition: Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument. If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. Shak. I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
