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Definition of Presentable
1. Adjective. Fit to be seen. "Presentable clothes"
Definition of Presentable
1. a. Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society; as, ideas that are presentable in simple language; she is not presentable in such a gown.
Definition of Presentable
1. Adjective. In good enough shape that someone or something can be shown to other people, tidy, attractive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Presentable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presentable
Literary usage of Presentable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Claims Ex Contractu Provable, Though Also Presentable in Tort.—Claims ex contractu
are of course provable, though also presentable in tort. ..."
2. A Treatise on Copyhold, Customary Freehold, and Ancient Demesne Tenure: With by John Scriven, Henry Stalman (1846)
"... Of Offences presentable only, and Offences both presentable and punishable in
the Court Lect. In former ages most offences were punished by imprisonment ..."
3. Sessions Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, Chiefly Touching by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Court of King's Bench, Great Britain (1873)
"... they are chargeable with Galleries ; they are not presentable for it, but for
not repairing Bells they are. bind the rest to build a Gallery ; for they ..."
4. Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1856)
"... who happen to have thrust out of the vocabulary of good manners words which
are perfectly presentable in Holland, and to have given a low and ludicrous ..."
5. A Treatise on Copyholds: Customary Freeholds, Ancient Demesne, and the by John Scriven (1834)
"Of Offences cognizable in the Court Leet; and the general Articles presentable
there. In former ages most offences were punished by imprisonment, ..."
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