actable

American  

[ak-tuh-buhl] / ˈæk tə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being acted or suitable for acting.

   He has written a very actable, well-structured play.

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Other Word Forms

• actability noun
• unactable adjective

Etymology

Origin of actable

First recorded in 1840–50; act + -able

Example Sentences

What Ian Allen’s snappy, deeply actable play does is cast shadows across this demure figure.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2017

Surface proves this is actable, as long as you have such animated speakers as Matthew R. Wilson, Louis E. Davis and Megan Graves as the grumpy and wondrous shepherds.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2016

“The creative explosion is not happening. It’s professional, it’s actable, it’s entertaining. But I want to be the best at whatever I do.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2016

Mr. Beresford, an actor, writes eminently actable dialogue: the kind in which surface wit is rooted in deep ambivalence.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2012

It is an actable play, and most of our prominent actors, coming out of the period of the late 80's, had training in it.

From Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Moses, Montrose Jonas