pronounceably
English
Etymology
pronounceable + -ly
Adverb
pronounceably (comparative more pronounceably, superlative most pronounceably)
- In a pronounceable manner.
- 2011, Nicholas Evans, Dying Words
- For many years the world-record holder for the most consonants was the Caucasian language Ubykh […] But it has now been eclipsed by the reigning champion, Xóõ or, more pronounceably, Taa […] , which is spoken by about 4,000 people in Botswana and Namibia, and which has somewhere between 84 and 159 consonant phonemes depending on the analysis.
- 2011, Nicholas Evans, Dying Words
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with pronouncedly.