sketchable
Americanadjective
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It was especially sketchable, and "bits" of it were carried away in many an artist's portfolio.
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
The structure in question—very sketchable, if the sketcher could get far enough away from it—is an elaborate little dusky façade, overhanging the street, ornamented with panels of stone, which are covered with delicate Renaissance sculpture.
From Hospital Sketches by Robert Swain Peabody
Siena was eminently sketchable, but he had not been industrious.
From Confidence by Henry James
In the town itself, though there is plenty sketchable, there is nothing notable, save the old town-cross, with its weather-worn carvings, which stands upon the shore, with loch and hills for background.
From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
The windows looked out on a paintable series of backyards: on a sketchable huddle of old, stained, leaning wooden houses.
From Out of the Air by Inez Haynes Gillmore
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