1
: capable of being said
2
: capable of being spoken effectively or easily
… I like to make sure the things I'm singing are very sayable …—
Charles Eaton, quoted in Beaver County Times
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With seemingly the entire state on high alert, literally waiting to see which way the wind would blow, the idea of the California Dream felt utterly exhausted, ironic, sayable only between air quotes.
—Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2019
Kadare is still mapping out the boundaries of Albanian, a relatively recent literary language, where everything is new and newly sayable.
—Cynthia Haven, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
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Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2019
Kadare is still mapping out the boundaries of Albanian, a relatively recent literary language, where everything is new and newly sayable.
—Cynthia Haven, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
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“Sayable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sayable. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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