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Exceptionable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXCEP'TIONABLE, a. Liable to objection.
This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to; "a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing"; "found the politician's views objectionable" [syn: exceptionable, objectionable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1691 being likely to cause objection ; objectionable <visitors even drink the exceptionable beer — W. D. Howells> • exceptionability noun • exceptionably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. open to objection. Derivatives: exceptionably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exceptionable Ex*cep"tion*a*ble, a. Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. -- Ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n. This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. --Addison.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Objectionable, open to objection.