AVOIDABLY

Etymology

Adverb

avoidably (comparative more avoidably, superlative most avoidably)

In a manner so as to be avoidable.

The cars were parked as avoidably as possible, but it didn't prevent her from running into one.

Source: Wiktionary


AVOIDABLE

A*void"a*ble, a.

1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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