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nameably

nameably adverb: in a way that can be named.

Adverb

nameably (comparative more nameably, superlative most nameably)

  1. In a way that can be named.
    • So far as the actual basis for this qualitative specificity is concerned, the odor really becomes specific but not nameably so, in terms of what one might call texture.1930, American Psychological Association, Journal of experimental psychology

Forms of nameably

comparativemore nameably
superlativemost nameably

Origin of nameably

From nameable + -ly.

Questions about nameably

What does nameably mean?
Nameably means in a way that can be named.
What part of speech is nameably?
Nameably is an adverb.

Words near nameably in the dictionary

  1. name-sake
  2. name-sakes
  3. nameability
  4. nameable
  5. nameableness
  6. nameably
  7. nameboard
  8. nameboards
  9. namebook
  10. namebooks
  11. namecall

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