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quotably

quotably adverb: in a way or to an extent that is quotable.

Adverb

quotably (comparative more quotably, superlative most quotably)

  1. In a way or to an extent that is quotable
    • Had she been too much of a naïf, unwise to the cameras, she would have been swept out to sea on “Laguna Beach”: passed-out drunk, abused by a boyfriend or (at least) caught in a quotably stupid soliloquy.2007 January 22, Virginia Heffernan, “Learning From Lauren: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Looks Like Hard Work”, in New York Times

Forms of quotably

comparativemore quotably
superlativemost quotably

Origin of quotably

From quotable + -ly.

Questions about quotably

What does quotably mean?
Quotably means in a way or to an extent that is quotable.
What part of speech is quotably?
Quotably is an adverb.

Words near quotably in the dictionary

  1. quota-hopping
  2. quotabilities
  3. quotability
  4. quotable
  5. quotableness
  6. quotably
  7. quotaism
  8. quotaless
  9. quotalike
  10. quotas
  11. quotation

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