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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being given, displayed, or offered.
- adjective Fit for introduction to others.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being presented; qualified or suitable for presentation.
- Capable of being offered for perception or understanding; capable of being made known: as, an idea presentable only in language.
- Suitable for being offered as a gift.
- Eccles.: Capable of being presented to a church living: as, a presentable clerk.
- Capable of receiving the presentation of a clerk: as, “churches presentable,” Ayliffe, Parergon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable or admitting of being presented; suitable to be exhibited, represented, or offered; fit to be brought forward or set forth; hence, fitted to be introduced to another, or to go into society
- adjective rare Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In good enough shape that someone or something can be shown to other people,
tidy ,attractive
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective fit to be seen
Etymologies
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Examples
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COLLINS: Chris, we know Mr. Devlin's attorneys have concerns about what they call presentable clothing for that -- for that video that they'll be doing.
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Don†™ t you feel the pressure of always looking presentable, which is expected from Bollywood actresses?
The Times of India 2009
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She really wasn't very "presentable" in her house dress, but what moved me was her interest in life itself; literally using her window looking onto life in the street - she is ever interested in what passes her way - that spirit of hopefulness gives us all hope!
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She really wasn't very "presentable" in her house dress, but what moved me was her interest in life itself; literally using her window looking onto life in the street- she is ever interested in what passes her way- that spirit of hopefulness gives us all hope!
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Well this one can be called my first "presentable" art done with Corel Painter ...
Ninjas Silhouette Luca 2008
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I'm really really happy everyone enjoyed this cake: it was the first "presentable" layering-frosting experience for me, and your comments give me encouragement to try more of these!
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As for "presentable," I did not use the word in the sense of that wonderful German adjective salonfähig, but simply as "worth looking at."
'The Stasi on Our Minds': An Exchange Cox, Harvey 2007
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But just as Mr. Kissinger, a "presentable" Jew, became a hit in the WASP-y glam world of 70's society, so Moby has won admirers by being a "presentable" pop star.
The Moby Dames 2005
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But just as Mr. Kissinger, a "presentable" Jew, became a hit in the WASP-y glam world of 70's society, so Moby has won admirers by being a "presentable" pop star.
The Moby Dames 2005
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My father has gone to bed for his afternoon nap, having just chosen someone "presentable" to take over Billy's job.
Broken Music, A Memoir Sting 2003
Related Words
synonyms (78)
Words with the same meaning
- Junoesque
- OK
- acceptable
- adequate
- admissible
- agreeable
- all right
- allowable
- amply endowed
- becoming
- bequeathable
- bestowable
- better than nothing
- bonny
- braw
- built
- built for comfort
- buxom
- callipygian
- callipygous
- comely
- communicable
- curvaceous
- curvy
- decent
- decorous
- devisable
- fair
- fairish
- fit
- fitting
- giveable
- goddess-like
- good enough
- good-looking
- goodish
- goodly
- impartable
- likely
- lovely to behold
- moderate
- not amiss
- not bad
- not half bad
- not so bad
- okay
- passable
- personable
- pleasing
- pneumatic
- polite
- pretty good
- proper
- respectable
- satisfactory
- shapely
- sightly
- slender
- stacked
- statuesque
- sufficient
- suitable
- tidy
- tolerable
- unexceptionable
- unobjectionable
- up to scratch
- up to snuff
- well-bred
- well-built
- well-favored
- well-formed
- well-made
- well-mannered
- well-proportioned
- well-shaped
- well-stacked
- workmanlike
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