tenable (redirected from tenably)

ten·a·ble  (tn-bl)

adj.

1. Capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible: a tenable theory.

2. Capable of being held against assault; defensible: a tenable outpost.

---

[French, from Old French, from tenir, to hold, from Latin tenre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

---

tena·bili·ty, tena·ble·ness n.

tena·bly adv.

---

tenable

Adjective

1. able to be upheld or maintained: a tenable strategy

2. (of a job) intended to be held by a person for a particular length of time: the post will be tenable for three years in the first instance [Latin tenere to hold]

tenability n
tenably adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

tenable - based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions" well-founded reasonable, sensible - showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"

Translations

tenable [ˈtɛnəbl] adj → sostenible

tenable [ˈtɛnəbl] adj → défendable

tenable [ˈtɛnəbl] adj [argument, position] → haltbar

tenable [ˈtɛnəbl] adj → sostenibile