Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a definable manner.
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- adverb In a
definable manner;identifiably .
Etymologies
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Examples
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If the language is English, then whatever is "definably American" about the work can only reach us through the Americanized version of this language.
March 2010 2010
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This will definably make you appreciate that smoke pole you have yes it will!
what is better for hunting deer a bolt or a semi atoumatic 2009
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As to what else might mark a writer as "definably American": Who cares?
Translated Texts 2010
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As to what else might mark a writer as "definably American": Who cares?
March 2010 2010
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If the language is English, then whatever is "definably American" about the work can only reach us through the Americanized version of this language.
Translated Texts 2010
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Other than the language in which they write, is there anything that unites [writers such as Ha Jin, Jhumpa Lahiri, Edwidge Danticat, and Nathan Englander] — all of whom have spent long periods of their lives living in places other than the United States — as definably American?
Translated Texts 2010
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Other than the language in which they write, is there anything that unites [writers such as Ha Jin, Jhumpa Lahiri, Edwidge Danticat, and Nathan Englander] — all of whom have spent long periods of their lives living in places other than the United States — as definably American?
Going Truly Global 2010
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If the language is English, then whatever is "definably American" about the work can only reach us through the Americanized version of this language.
Going Truly Global 2010
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As to what else might mark a writer as "definably American": Who cares?
Going Truly Global 2010
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Other than the language in which they write, is there anything that unites [writers such as Ha Jin, Jhumpa Lahiri, Edwidge Danticat, and Nathan Englander] — all of whom have spent long periods of their lives living in places other than the United States — as definably American?
March 2010 2010
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