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preferrable

preferrable

English

Adjective

preferrable (comparative more preferrable, superlative most preferrable)

  1. Alternative form of preferable
    • 1818, J. B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Correard, Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816:
      This Cape Merick seems preferrable for commerce, either as a factory, to trade with the Moors, or as a place of protection for the traders, and the fishery.
    • 1901, Louis Becke, "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific:
      Sardines and tinned salmon were luxuries we could not afford, but fresh fish and game were better, and, even when salted, were preferrable to a continuous diet of beef.