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scrutable, a.|ˈskruːtəb(ə)l|
[As if ad. L. *scrūtābilis, f. scrūtārī: see scrutator. Cf. It. scrutabile.]
That can be understood by scrutiny. Chiefly in implied contrast with inscrutable.
c1600Distr. Emperor i. i. in Bullen Old Pl. (1884) III. 176 If the thoughts of men were scrutable To man and mongst men. 1718Hickes & Nelson J. Kettlewell ii. xlviii. 153 Magnifying the Providence of God, which is by Mortals Scrutable. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh iv. 320 Cognisant Of the less scrutable majesties. 1878Life G. Combe I. ii. 23 Nobody conceived the cause of these phenomena to be scrutable. |