tellable
- adjective
- /ˈtɛləbəl/
:
contable
- He turned his unique experiences into a tellable narrative that resonated with the audience.
- tellable stories
Examples
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In the case of Bea's terrible religious experience, I have gathered enough textual clues and contextual background to venture an explanation for why this experience became so memorable and tellable for her.
Academic text (2017) -
What lingers in Follen's verse and Sedgwick's prose is only the recognition of passing; the recovery of the subject himself remains impossible because he remains undocumented, "without a tellable history" (Said 176).
Academic text (2018) -
Nevertheless, it would be naive to expect that stories this striking and tellable would remain within individual families' control.
Academic text (2017) -
They involve a coherent account of a tellable event, framed by a constant moral stance.
Academic text (2013) -
He may have been growing accustomed to her non sequiturs, or else he was completely absorbed in putting his story into tellable form.
Fiction book (1998) -
It is a poignant, tellable tale of a mother who waits in vain for her son to return from the war.
Academic text (1995) -
Once the story is learned and polished, it needs to be told and retold, to be molded into its most tellable form in front of live listeners.
Academic text (1995) -
The story of the lost dog is a heartwarming and tellable tale that everyone enjoys sharing.
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During the meeting, she presented a tellable account of their adventures that kept everyone engaged.
Synonyms
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4.8
Important enough to talk about in public
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4.5
Something you can say or put into words
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5.3
Able to be put into words or shown by actions
Possible to put into words and speak
Can be said out loud
Can be shared with other people when the law allows it
Antonyms
How Suitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tellable comes from the verb tell meaning 'to say' or 'to tell a story' and the ending -able meaning 'can be'. So tellable means something 'can be told' or is suitable for telling, just like readable means 'can be read'.