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Definition of Discernable
1. Adjective. Perceptible by the senses or intellect. "The skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles"
Definition of Discernable
1. Adjective. Detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Discernable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discernable
Literary usage of Discernable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"Nor was the Darkness of the Night less uncommon or terrifying than that of the
day : notwithstanding there was almost a full Moon, no Object was discernable ..."
2. On Terms of Communion: With a Particular View to the Case of the Baptists by Robert Hall (1817)
"The first effects of this spirit are discernable in the ideas entertained of the
ordinance, so closely connected with the subject of the present treatise. ..."
3. The Wandering Jewby Robert D. Manning by Robert D. Manning (1991)
"At this instant, in the midst of that transparent and pale blue vapor, which
pervades the two Worlds, two human figures are discernable. ..."
4. Six Saints of the Covenant: Peden: Semple: Welwood: Cameron: Cargill: Smith by Patrick Walker (1901)
"And immediately there was a discernable change in his countenance, with as much
fear and trembling as any woman I saw there, who cried out, ..."
5. A historical account of the belief in witchcraft in Scotland by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe (1884)
"... and though I could see nothing, yet there was such a fright and trembling upon
these that did see, that was discernable to all from these that saw not. ..."
6. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1869)
"There are no traces of the ordinary spots but superiorly on the discal cell are
three black dots and two or three more are hardly discernable beyond and ..."
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