tellable

[ tel-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being told. tell. told.
2. worthy of being told. tell. told.

Other Words From

• tella·ble·ness noun
• un·tella·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tellable¹

First recorded in 1475–85; tell ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

Layouts of combs and brushes, curling irons, razors, dye containers, soaps, hair samples, jewelry, and such feel not repetitive but satisfyingly completist: familial reunions of associated objects, each secreting a tellable tale.

From The New Yorker

“The ceremony may not be legally recognized back home, but it makes for a unique, tellable story that epitomizes an exotic locale.”

From New York Times

She has witnessed or experienced a book’s worth of tellable tales, tall or otherwise.

From New York Times

It was only wholly tellable in V.R.

From New York Times

That the financial reality is the reverse is not a tellable truth.

From The New Yorker