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embraceable, a.|ɛmˈbreɪsəb(ə)l|
[f. embrace v.2 + -able.]
Capable of being embraced; inviting an embrace.
1841Hor. Smith Moneyed Man II. ii. 40 Fortune! instant, tangible, embraceable, Fortune! 1879W. Collins My Lady's Money iv, The men..finding it [her figure] essentially embraceable, asked for nothing more.
Hence emˈbraceably adv., in a manner that invites an embrace.
1857W. Collins Dead Secret (1861) 31 A little too much inclined to be embraceably plump. |