ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Skimmable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Skimmable is an adjective meaning (of writing) Capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly).

Meaning

(of writing) Capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly).

More Meanings

  1. (of writing) Worthy only of being skimmed rather than closely read; that is, not worthy of close reading.

Example Sentences

Though it’s a short book, “The Downhill Lie” becomes skimmable at such moments.
Nearly all documentation of business processes should be skimmable, with the summaries clearly differentiated from the detailed expositions.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include skippable, scannable, skipable, skinable, scourable, swipeable.

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