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preferable
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective preferable has 1 sense
- preferable(s = adj.all) preferred - more desirable than another; "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"
CIDE DICTIONARY
preferable, a. [Cf. F. préférable.].
Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme. Addison. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
preferable, adj.
1 to be preferred.
2 more desirable.
1 to be preferred.
2 more desirable.
Derivative
preferably adv.
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