See plausible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(obsolete) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready."
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "დამაჯერებელი"
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "მოსალოდნელი"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "likely, acceptable",
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "plausível"
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "plauzibil"
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "argumentírovannyj",
"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "аргументи́рованный"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "прие́млемый"
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "plauzibilan"
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"word": "prihvatljiv"
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{
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "moguć"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "likely, acceptable",
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"word": "plausible"
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"word": "rimlig"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "plausibel"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pravdopodibnyj",
"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "правдоподібний"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jmovirnyj",
"sense": "likely, acceptable",
"word": "ймовірний"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obtaining approbation",
"word": "uskottava"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obtaining approbation",
"word": "pettävä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obtaining approbation",
"word": "harhaanjohtava"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prystojnyj",
"sense": "obtaining approbation",
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"word": "пристойний"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zasluhovujučyj na doviru",
"sense": "obtaining approbation",
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "worthy of being applauded",
"word": "plausible"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "worthy of being applauded",
"word": "ocenitelný"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "worthy of being applauded",
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"code": "gl",
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"word": "plausíbel"
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"code": "gl",
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"word": "प्रशंसनीय"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "worthy of being applauded",
"word": "chwalebny"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "worthy of being applauded",
"word": "godny pochwały"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "worthy of being applauded",
"word": "plausível"
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"code": "ru",
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