2. Adjective. Susceptible of being stated clearly or effectively. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sayable
1. say [adj] - See also: say
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sayable
Literary usage of Sayable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works by John Ruskin (1894)
"... times of play should be rightly sayable without toil; and what occurs to men
of inferior power or knowledge, sayable without any high degree of skill. ..."
2. Modern Painters by John Ruskin (1888)
"... it becomes on all grounds desirable that what is suggested in times of play
should be rightly sayable without toil ; and what occurs to men of inferior ..."
3. Modern Painters by John Ruskin (1872)
"... times of play should be rightly sayable without toil ; and what occurs to men
of inferior power or knowledge, sayable without any high degree of skill. ..."
4. Modern Painters by John Ruskin (1888)
"... times of play should be rightly sayable without toil; and what occurs to men
of inferior power or knowledge, sayable without any high degree of skill. ..."