"I think both things are explainable," Andrew replied with a rueful smile.
Edwin Smith having been proved to be Edgar Farmer, everything was explainable.
The moment at which the flight is explainable is the very moment when there was the least number of persons before the door.
As regards a ballet, it is difficult to say what is not explainable by pantomime.
Just why this exception should occur is not explainable by any accepted rule.
This is explainable by the nature of the country it traverses.
But the grim expression on Murdock's face and the naked hate in his eyes were explainable on no other grounds.
All its manifestations are explainable on such a supposition.
Therefore her desire to have Sir Herbert removed was explainable.
These two facts seem to be explainable in one way, and in one way only.
early 15c., from Latin explanare "to make level, smooth out;" also "to explain, make clear" (see explanation).
Originally explane, spelling altered by influence of plain. Also see plane (v.2). In 17c., occasionally used more literally, of the unfolding of material things: Evelyn has buds that "explain into leaves" ["Sylva, or, A discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesties dominions," 1664]. Related: Explained; explaining; explains.