Both Uses of
plausible
in
Gulliver's Travels
- I gave him a short account of some particulars, and made my story as plausible and consistent as I could; but I thought it necessary to disguise my country, and call myself a Hollander; because my intentions were for Japan, and I knew the Dutch were the only Europeans permitted to enter into that kingdom.†
Chpt 3
- Neither is reason among them a point problematical, as with us, where men can argue with plausibility on both sides of the question, but strikes you with immediate conviction; as it must needs do, where it is not mingled, obscured, or discoloured, by passion and interest.†
Chpt 4 *plausibility = apparent reasonableness (though unproven)
Definition:
apparently reasonable, but unproven