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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
credible/ˈkredəbl/
▶adjective able to be believed; convincing.
– derivatives
credibly adverb.
credibly adverb.
– origin ME: from L. credibilis, from credere ‘believe’.
usage: People sometimes confuse the words credible and creditable. Credible chiefly means ‘able to be believed; convincing’ (few people found his story credible), while creditable means ‘deserving acknowledgement and praise but not necessarily outstanding’ (a very creditable 2–4 defeat).
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