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thumbable en · ADJ

Etymology

From thumb + -able.

Meanings

1. Capable of being handled, manipulated, or operated with a thumb or thumbs.
   • The backlit monochrome screen is easy to see, and we found the thumbable keyboard easier to type on than earlier BlackBerry models. 2003 August 5, Richard V. Dragan, “Improved BlackBerry Delivers End-to-End Messaging”, in PC Magazine:
2. (of a book) Compellingly readable or easy to thumb through.
   • It is for these things that we give the "Diary" a place of honor among thumbable volumes on our shelves. 1905 February 25, H. W. Boynton, “Little Burney”, in The New York Times:
   • Only London's finest collection of comfortable, thumbable antiquarian books, I thought, as I watched him sink into a chair near the empty fireplace. 2001, Julie Kaewert, Unsigned: A Booklover's Mystery, Bantam Books, page 13:

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