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speakability

speakability noun: the quality of being speakable.

Noun

speakability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being speakable.
    • Why, if speakability is Carson’s aim, would she have one of her characters declare, “Look at him, look how he drips unhealth — shudder object!”2009 March 29, Brad Leithauser, “Family Feuds”, in New York Times

Origin of speakability

From speak + -ability.

Questions about speakability

What does speakability mean?
Speakability means the quality of being speakable.
What part of speech is speakability?
Speakability is a noun.

Words near speakability in the dictionary

  1. speak'st
  2. speak-box
  3. speak-boxes
  4. speak-out
  5. speak-outs
  6. speakability
  7. speakable
  8. speakableness
  9. speake
  10. speakeasies
  11. speakeasy

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