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answerable

/ˈæn.səɹ.ə.bl/ adjective C2
  1. Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
  2. Able to be answered.
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This part of his intelligence, though unheard by Lydia, was caught by Elizabeth; and, as it assured her that Darcy was not less answerable for Wickham’s absence than if her first surmise had been just, every feeling of displeasure against the former was so sharpened by immediate disappointment, that she could hardly reply with tolerable civility to the polite inquiries which he directly afterwards approached to make.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 100 · B2

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