ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Thumbable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Thumbable is an adjective meaning Capable of being handled, manipulated, or operated with a thumb or thumbs.

Meaning

Capable of being handled, manipulated, or operated with a thumb or thumbs.

More Meanings

  1. (of a book) Compellingly readable or easy to thumb through.

Example Sentences

It is for these things that we give the "Diary" a place of honor among thumbable volumes on our shelves.
The backlit monochrome screen is easy to see, and we found the thumbable keyboard easier to type on than earlier BlackBerry models.
Only London's finest collection of comfortable, thumbable antiquarian books, I thought, as I watched him sink into a chair near the empty fireplace.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fingerable, tractable, grippable, handleable, palpable, tactable.

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