Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • So as to be quoted; in a quotable manner.

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  • adverb In a way or to an extent that is quotable

Etymologies

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quotable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Sarah Palin is more familiar to me than to many other liberals, who perceive her as folksy, quotably inarticulate, and an intellectual lightweight.

    Brenda Peterson: Palin's Progress 2010

  • We try to talk loudly (and smartly, and quotably, and telegenically) about the food around other camera people several times.

    'Top Chef D.C.': Behind the scenes 2010

  • Sarah Palin is more familiar to me than to many other liberals, who perceive her as folksy, quotably inarticulate, and an intellectual lightweight.

    Brenda Peterson: Palin's Progress 2010

  • She is a word person who chooses what she says carefully, a habit that made her quotably bland -- no matter how honest her sentiment.

    Carl Sferrazza Anthony: First Ladies: Character to Caricature, Part One 2009

  • Because they do so, repeatedly, quotably, demonstrably, and for me, it is simple -- I don't care if it has no effect debatable, it is wrong and dangerous and simply unAmerican to do so.

    Dissent Rogers 2006

  • Because they do so, repeatedly, quotably, demonstrably, and for me, it is simple -- I don't care if it has no effect debatable, it is wrong and dangerous and simply unAmerican to do so.

    Dissent Rogers 2006

  • This Administration has repeatedly, demonstrably, quotably, damn near daily equated ctiticism of itself with treason.

    Dissent Rogers 2006

  • If blogging is now so quotably quotable, what does this mean for the future of music critics in newspapers?

    Archive 2005-04-01 Jessica 2005

  • If blogging is now so quotably quotable, what does this mean for the future of music critics in newspapers?

    Monday again Jessica 2005

  • Rosenberg summarized his conclusion quotably: “Taking race into account, even for ‘benign’ reasons, leads to results that are far from benign.

    IsThatLegal? 2003

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