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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