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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

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

As a child, for reasons probably scrutable only to Dr. Freud, I was viscerally repulsed by raw eggs.

From Washington Post Feb. 5, 2017

In one version of the ad, a harsh key light cuts diagonally across Damon’s brow and cheekbone, one of the few spots in which the details of his body are scrutable.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2016

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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