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thumbable

thumbable adjective: capable of being handled, manipulated, or operated with a thumb or thumbs.

Adjective

thumbable (comparative more thumbable, superlative most thumbable)

  1. Capable of being handled, manipulated, or operated with a thumb or thumbs.
    • The backlit monochrome screen is easy to see, and we found the thumbable keyboard easier to type on than earlier BlackBerry models.2003 August 5, Richard V. Dragan, “Improved BlackBerry Delivers End-to-End Messaging”, in PC Magazine
  2. Compellingly readable or easy to thumb through.
    • It is for these things that we give the "Diary" a place of honor among thumbable volumes on our shelves.1905 February 25, H. W. Boynton, “Little Burney”, in The New York Times
    • Only London's finest collection of comfortable, thumbable antiquarian books, I thought, as I watched him sink into a chair near the empty fireplace.2001, Julie Kaewert, Unsigned: A Booklover's Mystery, Bantam Books, page 13

Forms of thumbable

comparativemore thumbable
superlativemost thumbable

Origin of thumbable

From thumb + -able.

Questions about thumbable

What does thumbable mean?
Thumbable means capable of being handled, manipulated, or operated with a thumb or thumbs.
What part of speech is thumbable?
Thumbable is an adjective.

Words near thumbable in the dictionary

  1. thumb-sketch
  2. thumb-sketches
  3. thumb-toe
  4. thumb-toes
  5. thumb-up
  6. thumbable
  7. thumbboard
  8. thumbboards
  9. thumbed
  10. thumbed a ride
  11. thumbed down

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