tellable

[tel-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being told. tell. told.

2. worthy of being told. tell. told.

Other Word Forms

• tellableness noun
• untellable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tellable¹

First recorded in 1475–85; tell ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

Layouts of combs and brushes, curling irons, razors, dye containers, soaps, hair samples, jewelry, and such feel not repetitive but satisfyingly completist: familial reunions of associated objects, each secreting a tellable tale.

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“The ceremony may not be legally recognized back home, but it makes for a unique, tellable story that epitomizes an exotic locale.”

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She has witnessed or experienced a book’s worth of tellable tales, tall or otherwise.

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It was only wholly tellable in V.R.

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That the financial reality is the reverse is not a tellable truth.

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