speakable
Americanadjective
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able to be spoken out loud, uttered, or described.
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able to be freely discussed or spoken of.
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In the process, as Michael Keith at Oxford University’s migration research centre, Compas, says, “The unspeakable became not only speakable, but commonplace.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2016
I can’t testify to its accuracy, but it’s certainly stylish and speakable, in addition to which Ms. Monte has a rock-solid grasp of the often-twisty complexities of “The Guardsman.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2015
Historically, scandal has functioned as a wedge-driver: When someone violates the status quo, we get up in arms, but we also make the scandalous act speakable.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2014
The only speakable truth is that we cannot speak the truth.
From Time ● Feb. 22, 2011
If I had a month to train him in, eh, what a speakable Perk I'd make him!
From The Unspeakable Perk by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
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