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Definition of Gainable
1. a. Capable of being obtained or reached.
Definition of Gainable
1. Adjective. Capable of being gained (in any sense), obtained, or reached. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gainable
1. gain [adj] - See also: gain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gainable
Literary usage of Gainable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain (1896)
"... saving Joan from the stake by poisoning her and thus cheating the English out
of all the real value gainable by her purchase from the Duke of Burgundy. ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"... saving Joan from the stake by poisoning her and thus cheating the English out
of all the real value. gainable by her purchase from the Duke of Burgundy. ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... Constitutional, gainable by money j dissolve the rest, by grape-shot if need be.
Let Jacobinism and Revolt, with one wild wail, fly into Infinite Space; ..."
4. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"My intreaty y'fore is unto your self, y* you would do me the favor to lend me
such as are gainable yr, and I shal carefully return ym: it is one addition to ..."
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