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Definition of Preferable
1. Adjective. More desirable than another. "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"
Definition of Preferable
1. a. Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme.
Definition of Preferable
1. Adjective. Better than some other option; preferred. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preferable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preferable
Literary usage of Preferable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"I will suggest as at least possible and certainly preferable :— Cf. ß 185 oí'Sc
кс fi¡\f/i4. ... preferable ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... is raised by Professor Allen, as to whether, under ordinary working conditions
in the laboratory, gold plated weights are preferable to brass weights. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
""But I think the whole preferable: as his several Excellencies are therein enumerated
.... preferable ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1879)
"... attending the mixing of the, plaster, and its subsequent chipping and breaking
render other forms of splints preferable in the majority of instances. ..."
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