actable

[ak-tuh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being acted or suitable for acting.

   He has written a very actable, well-structured play.

Other Word Forms

• actability noun
• unactable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of actable¹

First recorded in 1840–50; act + -able

Example Sentences

What Ian Allen’s snappy, deeply actable play does is cast shadows across this demure figure.

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Surface proves this is actable, as long as you have such animated speakers as Matthew R. Wilson, Louis E. Davis and Megan Graves as the grumpy and wondrous shepherds.

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“The creative explosion is not happening. It’s professional, it’s actable, it’s entertaining. But I want to be the best at whatever I do.”

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The piece also, in Johnson's production, is delightfully instructive while proving highly actable.

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Mr. Beresford, an actor, writes eminently actable dialogue: the kind in which surface wit is rooted in deep ambivalence.

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