answerable

[ an-ser-uh-buh l, ahn- ]

/ ˈæn sər ə bəl, ˈɑn- /

liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.

capable of being answered: a question answerable by mail.

proportionate; correlative (usually followed by to).

corresponding; suitable (usually followed by to): The amount is not answerable to my needs.

Origin of answerable

First recorded in 1540–50; answer + -able

The nature of the autocracy—that it was only answerable to itself—meant it could not draw its power from the people.

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The unit was, according to Hughes, answerable to Adams, the Belfast commander.

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And yet for an agency that supposedly is answerable to no one, its people sure do testify a lot before Congress.

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Choice B: New bankers appointed by and answerable to the president.

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For those other imaginary abettors would themselves have been answerable, if they had given their advice or aid.

The Rights of War and Peace |Hugo Grotius
Jonathan Swift is generally regarded as a free liver, though probably the company he kept is often answerable for the imputation.

Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England |Richard Valpy French
They have either made Him answerable for it, or they have said that there is some creator besides Him.

The Gospel of St. John |Frederick Denison Maurice
It may be said that the Company are not answerable for crimes committed by their servants without their knowledge.

Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory |John M'lean
I was answerable to Government alone, and, within its limits, my powers were absolute.

The Air Pirate |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

answerable

/ (ˈɑːnsərəbəl) /

(postpositive; foll by for or to) responsible or accountable answerable for someone's safety; answerable to one's boss

able to be answered

answerability or answerableness, noun answerably, adverb