1 (of an excuse or explanation) reasonable and likely to be true:
Her story sounded perfectly plausible. * The only plausible explanation is that he forgot.
OPPIMPLAUSIBLE
2 (disapproving) (of a person) good at sounding honest and sincere, especially when trying to trick people:
She was a plausible liar.
plausibility noun [U]:
This new evidence lends plausibility to the theory that she was murdered.
plausibly adverb:
He argued very plausibly that the claims were true.
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