numerable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- numerableness noun
- numerably adverb
Etymology
Origin of numerable
1560–70; < Latin numerābilis that can be counted, equivalent to numer ( āre ) to number + -ābilis -able
Example Sentences
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A staple of Riley’s rushing attack at Oklahoma, the counter trey can be run out of numerable formations and personnel groupings.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2022
For Gleason, a man of in numerable parts, is a writer of music, too.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Chuck-Walla was one of in numerable fly-by-night newspapers that flourished on the Western frontier.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the contrary, our feeling in Pennsylvania is that there are numerable outstanding men who will make excellent candidates for the Democratic nomination and fine Presidents.
From Time Magazine Archive
But every collection of units, however great, is with intuitive certainty numerable, and, therefore, cannot be infinite.”
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward
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