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scrutable

American  
[skroo-tuh-buhl] / ˈskru tə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.


scrutable British  
/ ˈskruːtəbəl /

adjective

  1. rare open to or able to be understood by scrutiny

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of scrutable

1590–1600; < Latin scrūt ( ārī ) ( see scrutiny) + -able

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“Mitch McConnell is the most scrutable leader; he’s not a bluffer,” said Scott Jennings, a former McConnell aide and political strategist in Kentucky.

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2021

And actually, the visuals of that passage are stunning, giving viewers a direct juxtaposition between the confident, open Obama before that moment and the less scrutable figure afterward.

From Salon May 6, 2020

Two months out from a World Cup hosted by an aspirant rogue state, what is on the mind of deeply scrutable Fifa president Gianni Infantino?

From The Guardian Apr. 18, 2018

The mood was more intense up the street at Duffy’s Irish Pub, home of the newly coined “Covfefe Cocktail,” named after one of the president’s less scrutable tweets.

From Washington Post Jun. 8, 2017

Never in this life could he meet his fellows with good, quiet blood, and frank eyes, and wholesome laughter, unafraid, simply acknowledging all records, free, candid, scrutable.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence

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