Both Uses of
plausible
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- Even afterwards, when you had gone and he began making very, very plausible answers on certain points, so that I was surprised at him myself, even then I didn't believe his story!†
Chpt 6.2
- He answered me very plausibly on some points, he obviously had collected some evidence and prepared himself cleverly.†
Chpt 6.2 *plausibly = with apparent reasonableness (though unproven)
Definition:
apparently reasonable, but unproven