What does dismissably mean?
Dismissably means In a way that makes someone or something easy to dismiss..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a way that makes someone or something easy to dismiss..
Where Ringo was dismissably cute, George disturbingly strange, Paul sometimes OK but suspiciously maudlin--indeed, where Dylan was depressing, the Stones boring, and the Who moribund--John Lennon, retained our affection and somehow, particularly during the quiet years, earned more of it and gained our respect back as well.
He was not, for example, dismissably minor.
She had the strangest sense that the City was, simultaneously, both perfectly normal and dismissably unbelievable.
Use dismissably when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dismissably means In a way that makes someone or something easy to dismiss..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Where Ringo was dismissably cute, George disturbingly strange, Paul sometimes OK but suspiciously maudlin--indeed, where Dylan was depressing, the Stones boring, and the Who moribund--John Lennon, retained our affection and somehow, particularly during the quiet years, earned more of it and gained our respect back as well.
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