[Lexicog] arguably

[Mike_Cahill at SIL.ORG]

"Arguably": able to be argued - credibly, with some reasons behind it.
Someone could disagree, but they shouldn't say you're totally loony for
even making the suggestion.

Mike Cahill

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Could someone on the list help me understand the word "arguably"? I hear it

used a lot. I think I understand what it means. I've read its dictionary
meanings. I didn't grow up hearing or using it. Is there some "hook" to
remember what it means. My brain has gotten it backwards, I think, where it

seems to me that "unarguably" would make more sense instead of saying
"arguably." If we have to argue over something it's not clear to everyone.

"Chomsky is arguably the greatest linguist who has every lived."

Well, of course, we can quibble over the claim of that sentence, but how
can
I get it into my head what "arguably" means there?

Thanks,
Wayne Leman




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