tellable

[tel-uh-buh l]

adjective

capable of being told.
worthy of being told.

Origin of tellable

First recorded in 1475–85; tell¹ + -able

Related formstell·a·ble·ness, nounun·tell·a·ble, adjective

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This is the principal fact of her story, tellable in very few words.
A Decade of Italian Women, v. II (of 2)
T. Adolphus Trollope