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sketchable

American  
[skech-uh-buhl] / ˈskɛtʃ ə bəl /

adjective

  1. suitable for being sketched.


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Etymology

Origin of sketchable

First recorded in 1860–65; sketch + -able


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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 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

To the Spanish Vistas of Mr. G. P. Lathrop he contributed innumerable designs, delightful notes of an artist's quest of the sketchable, many of which are singularly full pictures.

From Picture and Text 1893 by Henry James

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

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