scrutableadj.
/ˈskruːtəb(ə)l/ That can be understood by scrutiny. Chiefly opposed to inscrutable.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]
understandinga1382
sensiblea1393
knowablea1425
perceivablec1443
takablec1449
understandablec1475
intendible1489
intentiblea1492
intelligible1509
facile1531
level1559
discernable1561
receptible1574
intendable?1577
excogitable1592
penetrable1594
comprehensible1598
scrutablec1604
distinguishable1611
discernible1616
perviousa1631
fathomable1633
cognoscible1648
colligible1650
determinable1658
intelligent1676
cognizable1681
apprehensive1692
susceptible1694
tangible1709
apprehensible1715
pronounced1728
comprehendible1814
graspable1818
prehensiblea1832
prononcé1838
possible1864
receivable1865
unsmothered1891
readable1908
discriminable1946
c1604 Charlemagne (1938) i. 12 If ye thoughte of men were scrutable to man, & mongst men.
1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell ii. xlviii. 153 Magnifying the Providence of God, which is by Mortals Scrutable.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iv. 146 Cognisant Of the less scrutable majesties.
1878 Life G. Combe I. ii. 23 Nobody conceived the cause of these phenomena to be scrutable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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