English Dictionary

answerable

/ˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/

adj

Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible. / (of a question) Able to be answered. / (archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).

He is answerable to his boss for his actions.

意味（1）

Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.

Should any Man argue, that […] he cannot be justly punished, but is answerable only to God […]

意味（2）

(of a question) Able to be answered.

Is my question answerable on basis of the reading alone or does it go outside the information given in the story?

意味（3）

(archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).

What wit and policie of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course?

意味（4）

(now rare) Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.

[…] at my farm

I have a hundred milch-kine to the pail,

Six score fat oxen standing in my stalls,

[…] at my farm I have a hundred milch-kine to the pail, Six score fat oxen standing in my stalls, And all things answerable to this portion.

意味（5）

(rare, of an argument) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

[T]he argument, though ſubtle, is yet anſwerable.