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notionable

notionable adjective: having sensible ideas.

Adjective

notionable (comparative more notionable, superlative most notionable)

  1. (archaic) Having sensible ideas.
    • The skirt of a dress which refuses longer to serve its original purpose may be made tidy for a petticoat, or perhaps for a child's frock: and many other such contrivances a notionable and not proud woman will make; and no really sensible person would scorn her for it.1869, The young housekeeper as daughter, wife, and mother, page 309

Forms of notionable

comparativemore notionable
superlativemost notionable

Origin of notionable

From notion + -able.

Questions about notionable

What does notionable mean?
Notionable means having sensible ideas.
What part of speech is notionable?
Notionable is an adjective.

Words near notionable in the dictionary

  1. noting
  2. noting down
  3. Notinger
  4. notings
  5. notion
  6. notionable
  7. notional
  8. notional amount
  9. notional amounts
  10. notionalist
  11. notionalists

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