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Synonyms for decipherable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-sahy-fer
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsaɪ fər



Définition of decipherable

Origin :
  • 1520s, from de- + cipher. Perhaps in part a loan-translation from Middle French déchiffrer. Related: Deciphered; deciphering.
  • adj explainable
Example sentences :
  • Without a strong magnifying glass, not a word was decipherable.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • Her figure-head had been washed away and the name on her stern was not decipherable.
  • Extract from : « Jack Harkaway in New York » by Bracebridge Hemyng
  • As before, these marks are only decipherable when the cards are held at a proper angle.
  • Extract from : « Sharps and Flats » by John Nevil Maskelyne
  • In worn examples the row of five stamps is not decipherable.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Sheffield Plate » by Arthur Hayden
  • Admirable, ineffaceable, because so essentially all decipherable, Vanderpool!
  • Extract from : « Notes of a Son and Brother » by Henry James
  • All her cards are on the table, decipherable at the first glance.
  • Extract from : « The Open Secret of Ireland » by T. M. Kettle
  • The autograph was not very plain, it is true, but it was decipherable and the mistake was due to her own bad reading.
  • Extract from : « A Fortnight of Folly » by Maurice Thompson
  • Now, the Eton book has in it a whole series of names of owners, some erased, but decipherable.
  • Extract from : « The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts » by M. R. James
  • The decipherable words 'morning light' and 'offerings' point to this having been a sacred stone when sun worship was prevalent.
  • Extract from : « Southern Arabia » by Theodore Bent
  • Rolling eyeballs and grinding teeth are, however, sufficient signs of anger to be decipherable in the dark.
  • Extract from : « The Lair of the White Worm » by Bram Stoker

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