Explicable
adjective
Something that can be explained or understood.
The sudden change in her behavior is not explicable.
Often appears as...
- easily explicable
- hardly explicable
adjective
Something that can be explained or understood.
The sudden change in her behavior is not explicable.
Often appears as...
- easily explicable
- hardly explicable
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Clarity
Use 'explicable' when something seems clear after receiving an explanation.
The magician's trick was explicable once he revealed the hidden mechanism.
Pro Tip 2/3Contrast Uncertainty
'Explicable' contrasts with 'inexplicable', meaning the thing is not understandable.
While her joy was explicable, his sadness remained a mystery.
Pro Tip 3/3Phrase Usage
'Explicable' is often used with modifiers like 'hardly', 'clearly', or 'easily' to convey degree of clarity.
After careful study, the ancient text became more easily explicable.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clarity
Use 'explicable' when something seems clear after receiving an explanation.
The magician's trick was explicable once he revealed the hidden mechanism.
Pro Tip 2/3Contrast Uncertainty
'Explicable' contrasts with 'inexplicable', meaning the thing is not understandable.
While her joy was explicable, his sadness remained a mystery.
Pro Tip 3/3Phrase Usage
'Explicable' is often used with modifiers like 'hardly', 'clearly', or 'easily' to convey degree of clarity.
After careful study, the ancient text became more easily explicable.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Clarity
Use 'explicable' when something seems clear after receiving an explanation.
The magician's trick was explicable once he revealed the hidden mechanism.
Pro Tip 2/3Contrast Uncertainty
'Explicable' contrasts with 'inexplicable', meaning the thing is not understandable.
While her joy was explicable, his sadness remained a mystery.
Pro Tip 3/3Phrase Usage
'Explicable' is often used with modifiers like 'hardly', 'clearly', or 'easily' to convey degree of clarity.
After careful study, the ancient text became more easily explicable.
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
cities themselves have fostered. I think that is the progress of cities. It's not only the forms of cities, but the fact that they incarnate emotions, not just of those who build them, but of those who live there as well. Inexplicable versus understood. You know, too often we want to understand everything.
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The lies our culture...
I have a friend who said that when her daughter was born, she realized that she loved her more than evolution required. And I've always loved that. Because it talks about the peace that's at the deep of ourself, our inexplicable care for one another.
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Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
according to the u.n treaty maps of the region should show a gap roughly 40 miles in the official dividing line between pakistan and india that's a rare oddity for geopolitical maps but an important one and then quietly and inexplicably
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The Relationship Between...
that's out of frame. This is important because while there are thoughts that turn us on, there are also thoughts that are incredibly effective at turning us stress, shame, insecurities, and also the things that inexplicably ick us out.
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Using language and time...
unfamiliar or inexplicable it's also an action a desire to know something that's currently unknown to wonder is to play unlike a child discover something unexpected about yourself and the world around you my art practice is founded on
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Thoughts on humanity,...
Really. I'm an actor, like I told you, a modern expression of human creativity. The land I come from is the source of inexplicable but very simple spirituality. In its immense generosity, India decided somehow
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How autism freed me to...
but having also to explain to a teacher on a daily basis that their lesson is inexplicably dull and you are secretly taking refuge in a world inside your head in which you are not in that lesson,
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The Dangers of the Sun PIPE...
this is the train from Los Mochis to Chihuahua which inexplicably leaves at 6 a.m. in the morning the local name for this area in all the guidebooks is the land of turtles beautifully
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You are fluent in this...
The minute you fall back asleep, they inexplicably -- start rotating. We like to call this the helicopter mode. Now, the deeper something is etched into your consciousness,
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Gary Haugen: The hidden...
You know, from the hindsight of history, what's always most inexplicable and inexcusable are the simple failures of compassion.
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
cities themselves have fostered. I think that is the progress of cities. It's not only the forms of cities, but the fact that they incarnate emotions, not just of those who build them, but of those who live there as well. Inexplicable versus understood. You know, too often we want to understand everything.
Video examples
The lies our culture...
I have a friend who said that when her daughter was born, she realized that she loved her more than evolution required. And I've always loved that. Because it talks about the peace that's at the deep of ourself, our inexplicable care for one another.
Video examples
Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
according to the u.n treaty maps of the region should show a gap roughly 40 miles in the official dividing line between pakistan and india that's a rare oddity for geopolitical maps but an important one and then quietly and inexplicably
Video examples
The Relationship Between...
that's out of frame. This is important because while there are thoughts that turn us on, there are also thoughts that are incredibly effective at turning us stress, shame, insecurities, and also the things that inexplicably ick us out.
Video examples
Using language and time...
unfamiliar or inexplicable it's also an action a desire to know something that's currently unknown to wonder is to play unlike a child discover something unexpected about yourself and the world around you my art practice is founded on
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
Really. I'm an actor, like I told you, a modern expression of human creativity. The land I come from is the source of inexplicable but very simple spirituality. In its immense generosity, India decided somehow
Video examples
How autism freed me to...
but having also to explain to a teacher on a daily basis that their lesson is inexplicably dull and you are secretly taking refuge in a world inside your head in which you are not in that lesson,
Video examples
The Dangers of the Sun PIPE...
this is the train from Los Mochis to Chihuahua which inexplicably leaves at 6 a.m. in the morning the local name for this area in all the guidebooks is the land of turtles beautifully
Video examples
You are fluent in this...
The minute you fall back asleep, they inexplicably -- start rotating. We like to call this the helicopter mode. Now, the deeper something is etched into your consciousness,
Video examples
Gary Haugen: The hidden...
You know, from the hindsight of history, what's always most inexplicable and inexcusable are the simple failures of compassion.
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Douglas Adams
English Writer
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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Beeban Kidron
English Director
For me, trying to articulate the world to help people see it in a way they haven't seen it before is hugely important. Sometimes, you have to take something that is completely inexplicable and say, 'Look, here is the beating heart of something you must understand.
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Lawrence Kudlow
American Journalist
Corporate tax reform should include not just large C-corps but also smaller business S-corps and LLC pass-throughs. And nearly as important as cutting business tax rates is the need to simplify the inexplicably opaque and complex system.
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Patti Smith
American Musician
Sometimes you're doing really well, then, after three or four years, everything inexplicably crashes like a house of cards and you have to rebuild it. It's not like you get to a point where you're all right for the rest of your life.
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Nish Kumar
British Comedian
And I can tell you from firsthand experience that our train system is a mess. Carriages are full of unhappy travellers packed together like sardines, who have inexplicably paid for the privilege of being incarcerated.
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Giorgio de Chirico
Greek Artist
Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life.
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Joel Coen
American Director
I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of inexplicable.
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Jon Katz
American Journalist
Lifetime dogs intersect with our lives with particular impact; they're dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable, ways.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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Max Jacob
French Poet
Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.
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Douglas Adams
English Writer
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Quote examples
Beeban Kidron
English Director
For me, trying to articulate the world to help people see it in a way they haven't seen it before is hugely important. Sometimes, you have to take something that is completely inexplicable and say, 'Look, here is the beating heart of something you must understand.
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Lawrence Kudlow
American Journalist
Corporate tax reform should include not just large C-corps but also smaller business S-corps and LLC pass-throughs. And nearly as important as cutting business tax rates is the need to simplify the inexplicably opaque and complex system.
Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
Sometimes you're doing really well, then, after three or four years, everything inexplicably crashes like a house of cards and you have to rebuild it. It's not like you get to a point where you're all right for the rest of your life.
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Nish Kumar
British Comedian
And I can tell you from firsthand experience that our train system is a mess. Carriages are full of unhappy travellers packed together like sardines, who have inexplicably paid for the privilege of being incarcerated.
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Giorgio de Chirico
Greek Artist
Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life.
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Joel Coen
American Director
I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of inexplicable.
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Jon Katz
American Journalist
Lifetime dogs intersect with our lives with particular impact; they're dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable, ways.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
British Actor
You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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Max Jacob
French Poet
Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.
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