quotable
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- adjective
- /ˈkwoʊtəbl/
:
citable
- The speaker concluded with a quotable remark that resonated with the entire audience.
- quotable quote
- the most quotable
- eminently quotable
I wanted to write like a fun, like quotable, like campy, sexy, you know, horror movie.
- I wanted to write like a fun, like quotable, like campy, sexy, you know, horror movie.
Examples
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Strong statements, statements that present a world in black and white and offer no shades of grey, are clear, quotable, and consumable.
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And thank you for your highly quotable remarks regarding masculinity.
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That entire movie is just quotable, quotable, quotable.
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Both examples show that Italy is still far from becoming a quotable example regarding fair competition in the railway operating sector.
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If it's quotable, it's probably Freud.
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But both are endlessly quotable.
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"Character counts," "the cream rises to the top," and other quotable quotes come to mind.
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The highly quotable Said can always be counted upon to provide heroic words for Palestine's heroic and tragic history.
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A regular contributor to industry forums, Techtarget's ebizQ site has called him one of their "most quotable contributors."
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Billy Wilder, ever outspoken and eminently quotable, quipped about his tribulations in working with Marilyn, "I had no problems with Monroe."
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Synonyms
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Safe to say again in front of other people
Antonyms
How Quotable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word quotable comes from quote plus the ending -able. Quote means to repeat someone's words or put them in 'quotation marks', so quotable describes something 'good to repeat' or 'worthy of being quoted'.