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