plausible
似是而非
definition
adjective
a plausible explanation
(of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.
example
There is no 'plausible' reason and explanation why the amount should be increased.
The people involved in this scam are very 'plausible' but they are not qualified tradesmen.
Rough weather and running out of diesel are not very 'plausible' reasons.
The only 'plausible' reason appears to lie in the quantity of kebabs which are prepared here each day.
They have 'plausible' arguments to put forward, and these we must try to answer.
There is no definite answer, but if the question itself is analysed a 'plausible' answer might be found.
I can't imagine any 'plausible' reason to think that the CIA had a hand in this, however indirectly.
However, there is another equally 'plausible' candidate for the role of villain.
Charming and 'plausible' though they are, they can only ever see us as resources to be used.
Only the public service side has a 'plausible' argument for public money.
The conclusion must be reached that it is bad management on your part unless there is some other more 'plausible' reason.
These are all 'plausible' objections to globalization as the defining element in contemporary order.
Reddin makes a 'plausible' argument that they were also the beginning of Wild West shows.
There is little on the military career that made him a 'plausible' candidate for governor.
If they are representative, the only 'plausible' answer is to consider their supposed ideology.
They had only got seconds to make up their mind because he was so 'plausible' .
In every case they are very 'plausible' and gain the confidence of a trusting generation.
Kurt knew what the homework was, he just wanted a 'plausible' reason to talk to Lester.
The Liberal Democrats might wake up, go out and at last find a 'plausible' candidate for prime minister.
Schopenhauer has a very clear and 'plausible' answer: location in space and time.
Each version of the letters gives 'plausible' reasons as to why the sender wants the money holding in a British account.
He may be the most 'plausible' Minister, but he does not create policy; he creates a kind of fog.
The chain comes to an end where neither your 'plausible' responses nor mine change as the reasoning continues.
There is a 'plausible' argument for the respondent on the following lines.
In the present state of our knowledge delle Vida's argument is 'plausible' but not decisive.
Martin had a way of making a very 'plausible' argument for resettling the Karma circle back on it's axis.
Of course, he's horribly 'plausible' and a formidable election campaigner.
There's no 'plausible' candidate out there that wouldn't be a massive improvement in almost every way.
A reasoning becomes 'plausible' if it is logical and if there is empirical support.
This is a fairly 'plausible' rationalist explanation of how magic can work.
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