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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

usably en · ADV

Etymology

From usable + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a usable manner.
    • Such a sense is typically not presented to the subject in usably verbal form; one says things like ‘She would do that because she is that sort of person.’ 2008 January 23, Thomas W. Polger, “H₂O, ‘Water’, and Transparent Reduction”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 1, →DOI, pages 109–130:

Forms

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more usably Degree=Cmp lexicographic
useably alternative lexicographic
most usably Degree=Sup lexicographic