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decipherable, a.|dɪˈsaɪfərəb(ə)l|
[f. decipher v. + -able. Cf. F. déchiffrable (17th c.).]
Capable of being deciphered, made out, or interpreted.
1607Dekker Knt.'s Conjur. (1842) 67 In his countenance there was a kinde of indignation fighting with a kind of exalted ioy, which by his very gesture were apparently decipherable. 1787T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 334 The form which affairs in Europe may assume, is not yet decipherable by those out of the cabinet. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 135 Half-effaced but still decipherable characters.
Hence deˈcipherably adv. nonce-wd., in a decipherable manner.
1890Temple Bar Mag. Aug. 480 [They] still tell their curious faint tale decipherably. |