answerable

Etymology

From answer + -able.

adj

1. Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
   1731, Jonathan Swift, “The Sentiments of a Church-of-England Man, with respect to Religion and Government” in Miscellanies, London: Benjamin Motte and Charles Bathurst, Volume I, Section 2, p. 91, Should any Man argue, that […] he cannot be justly punished, but is answerable only to God […]
2. (of a question) 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, Marc Moeller, Victor Moeller, Middle School English Teacher's Guide to Active Learning, page 67
3. (archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).
4. (now rare) Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.
5. (rare, of an argument) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.