readable
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/ˈɹiː.də.bəl/
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/ˈɹiː.də.bəl/ · [ˈɹiː.də.bl̩]
Definition of readable
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
“If that sign were still readable we'd know where we are!”
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adj
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Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
“If that sign were still readable we'd know where we are!”
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Which can be read—i.e. accessed or played—by a certain technical type of device.
“No sale, those aren't readable with my DVD-player!”
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Enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed.
“These assembly instructions aren't readable, I still don't have a clue how to start!”
“I have been twice at the Museum looking out for Friedrich Books,—that I might examine them a little, and see whether they were worth buying. […] I have got a rather curious new German Book upon Naples and Masaniello (chiefly) whh often made me remember you. To one who knows the streets edifices &c the thing may be readabler: I mean to send it you to Scotsbg the day after tomorrow, along with my Mother’s Magazine.”
“Your August Potentiality will not fail to observe that those spiritual adumbrations are not evanescent or fugaceous, a latrocinous cheat, repugnant to common-sense and an insult to the most parvanimous of human intelligences, but tangible entities, altogether stationary, and as visible to every eye as the readablest of printed work.”
“With this brief preamble I can, without being more than usually misunderstood, proceed to my duty of reviewing the readablest and quite the maddest book produced by the war: namely, The Prussian Hath Said in His Heart, by Cecil Chesterton, who says very truly that it is what a man says in his heart that matters, and not what he says in Hyde Park.”
“After his childhood, which is the readablest part of even the worst autobiography, his attempts to escape from his subject are pitiable.”
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Etymology
From read + -able.
Words you can make from readable
135 playable · top: BLEARED (10 pts)
Best play bleared 10 points6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
28 words- ABLED 8 pts
- ARDEB 8 pts
- BAAED 8 pts
- BALED 8 pts
- BARDE 8 pts
- BARED 8 pts
- BEARD 8 pts
- BEDEL 8 pts
- BLADE 8 pts
- BLEED 8 pts
- BREAD 8 pts
- BREDE 8 pts
- BREED 8 pts
- DEBAR 8 pts
- ABELE 7 pts
- ABLER 7 pts
- BALER 7 pts
- BLARE 7 pts
- BLEAR 7 pts
- LABRA 7 pts
- REBEL 7 pts
- ALDER 6 pts
- EARED 6 pts
- ELDER 6 pts
- LADER 6 pts
- AREAE 5 pts
- AREAL 5 pts
- LAREE 5 pts
4-letter words
46 words- ABED 7 pts
- BADE 7 pts
- BALD 7 pts
- BARD 7 pts
- BEAD 7 pts
- BLED 7 pts
- BRAD 7 pts
- BRED 7 pts
- DARB 7 pts
- DRAB 7 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- ALBA 6 pts
- BAAL 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BEER 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
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- DALE 5 pts
- DARE 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
- DEER 5 pts
- DELE 5 pts
- DERE 5 pts
- DREE 5 pts
- LADE 5 pts
- LARD 5 pts
- LEAD 5 pts
- LEDE 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- REDE 5 pts
- REED 5 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALAR 4 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- BAD 6 pts
- BED 6 pts
- DAB 6 pts
- DEB 6 pts
- ABA 5 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- ARB 5 pts
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- BAL 5 pts
- BAR 5 pts
- BEE 5 pts
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- DAL 4 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
2-letter words
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