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 [ˈtɛnəb^əl]

adj

able to be upheld, believed, maintained, or defended

[from Old French, from tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre]

tenability , tenableness 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"

---

tenable

adjective sound, justifiable, arguable, defensible, reasonable, rational, viable, plausible, believable, defendable, maintainable This argument is simply not tenable.
untenable, indefensible, unjustifiable, insupportable

Translations

tenable [ˈtenəbl] ADJ [argument] → sostenible, defendible; [proposal] → válido

tenable [ˈtɛnəb^əl] adj [argument, position] → défendable

tenable

adj

(Mil) position → haltbar; (fig) opinion, theory → haltbar, vertretbar

pred a post tenable for life → eine Lebensstellung, eine Stelle auf Lebenszeit; a post tenable for two years → eine auf zwei Jahre befristete Stelle

tenable [ˈtɛnəbl] adj → sostenibile