actable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- actability noun
- unactable adjective
Etymology
Origin of actable
Example Sentences
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What Ian Allen’s snappy, deeply actable play does is cast shadows across this demure figure.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2017
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.
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2016
“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.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2016
Mr. Beresford, an actor, writes eminently actable dialogue: the kind in which surface wit is rooted in deep ambivalence.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2012
His latest play, 'When We Dead Awaken,' altho adjusted to the conditions of the modern theater and altho perfectly actable, seems to be intended rather more for the reader than for the spectator.
From Inquiries and Opinions by Matthews, Brander
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