happenableadj.
/ˈhap(ə)nəbl/, U.S. /ˈhæp(ə)nəbəl/ rare.
Capable of happening; that may possibly happen.
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a1659 F. Osborne Queries in Misc. (1673) 583 Through a confluence of all events happenable to Man.
1819 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 505/1 This I take to be history ‘whatever happens’, or is happenable—if I may use the expression.
1918 R. Hughes Long ever Ago iii. 66 The experience was not unfamiliar to Michael among the thousands on thousands of Irish pouring into the country, but he could not believe it happenable to his wards.
2000 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 17 Oct. a17 Every now and then the customers send me stories about extraordinary happenings that seem unlikely to be true... Still, I like getting them because they're often interesting, and some do seem happenable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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