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Webster 1913 Edition
Tunable
Tun′a-ble
,Adj.
Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence, harmonious; musical; tuneful.
– Tun′a-ble-ness
, Noun.
Tun′a-bly
, adv.
And
tunable
as sylvan pipe or song. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tunable
TU'NABLE
,Adj.
And tunable as sylvan pipe or song.
1.
That may be put in tune.Definition 2024
tunable
tunable
English
Adjective
tunable (comparative more tunable, superlative most tunable)
- (now rare) Harmonious, melodic, tuneful. [from 16th c.]
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 147-8:
- Then doe all with a tunable voice of shouting bid him welcome.
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisabury, I:
- she rather chose to follow the Fortunes of a Wheel-Barrow, than those of a Distaff; daily, charming the Ears of the Publick with the Tuneable and Melodious Cry, of, Come who throws here? Who ventures for an ORANGE?
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 147-8:
- Able to be tuned. [from 18th c.]