Both Uses
plausible
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
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- (Plausibly) You know that old joke, rose of Castile†
Chpt 15 *plausibly = with apparent reasonableness (though unproven)
- —Now touching a cup of coffee, Mr Bloom ventured to plausibly suggest to break the ice, it occurs to me you ought to sample something in the shape of solid food, say, a roll of some description.†
Chpt 16
Definitions:
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(1)
(plausible) apparently reasonable, but unproven
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)