Enjoyable
[ɪn'dʒɒɪəb(ə)l;en-] or [ɪn'dʒɔɪəbl]
Definition
(adj.) affording satisfaction or pleasure; 'the company was enjoyable'; 'found her praise gratifying'; 'full of happiness and pleasurable excitement'; 'good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read' .
Inputed by Augustine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment.
Typed by Jeanette
Examples
- These occasions are very enjoyable to a poor man; but they occur rarely. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Next followed the thought that much of the future peace of mind enjoyable by the dear ones, depended on his quiet fortitude. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As such, they are not only intrinsically and directly enjoyable, but they serve a purpose beyond themselves. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A very enjoyable one. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They select and focus the elements of enjoyable worth which make any experience directly enjoyable. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He felt an awful, enjoyable power over her, an instinctive cherishing very near to cruelty. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was just a little too goaty to be enjoyable. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After that I do not know but my visits became more frequent; they certainly did become more enjoyable. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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