An'swer-a-ble, a.
(ăn'ser-a-bl), a. 1. Capable of being answered; admitting an answer; — usually implying that the answer may be satisfactory.
The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson.
Sense 2. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? Swift.
Sense 3. Correspondent; conformable. Hence, comparable.
What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? Holland.
This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.
Sense 4. Suitable; suited; proportionate; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
Sense 5. Equal; correspondent; equivalent; as, the success is answerable to my desires.
Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. Milton.