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skimmable

skimmable adjective: capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly).

Adjective

skimmable (comparative more skimmable, superlative most skimmable)

  1. Capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly).
    • Nearly all documentation of business processes should be skimmable, with the summaries clearly differentiated from the detailed expositions.
  2. Worthy only of being skimmed rather than closely read; that is, not worthy of close reading.
    • Though it’s a short book, “The Downhill Lie” becomes skimmable at such moments.2008 May 19, Janet Maslin, “Fore! A Writer Tees Off and a Turtle Is Airborne”, in New York Times

Forms of skimmable

comparativemore skimmable
superlativemost skimmable

Origin of skimmable

From skim + -able.

Words formed from skimmable

Questions about skimmable

What does skimmable mean?
Skimmable means capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly).
What part of speech is skimmable?
Skimmable is an adjective.

Words near skimmable in the dictionary

  1. skimelton
  2. skimeltons
  3. skimington
  4. skimingtons
  5. skimmability
  6. skimmable
  7. skimmed
  8. skimmed milk
  9. skimmed milks
  10. skimmed off
  11. skimmed through

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