answerable

adjective5

1. •
   Able to be answered.

   • Is my question answerable on basis of the reading alone or does it go outside the information given in the story? — 2013
2. •
   Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.

   • Should any Man argue, that […] he cannot be justly punished, but is answerable only to God […] — 1731
3. •
   Of an argument: capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.

   • [T]he argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. — 1755
4. •
   (no longer used) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).

   • What wit and policie of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? — 1601
5. •
   (no longer used) Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.

   • […] at my farm / I have a hundred milch-kine to the pail, / Six score fat oxen standing in my stalls, / And all things answerable to this portion. — 1590