dismissably

English

Etymology

From dismiss +‎ -ably.

Adverb

dismissably (comparative more dismissably, superlative most dismissably)

1. In a way that makes someone or something easy to dismiss.
   • 1988 October 7, Bill Wyman, “Reading: Lennon Mania”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Where Ringo was dismissably cute, George disturbingly strange, Paul sometimes OK but suspiciously maudlin--indeed, where Dylan was depressing, the Stones boring, and the Who moribund--John Lennon, retained our affection and somehow, particularly during the quiet years, earned more of it and gained our respect back as well.

   • 1992, Douglas Robinson Associate Professor of English University of Mississippi, Ring Lardner and the Other‎^[2], →ISBN, page 116:

     He was not, for example, dismissably minor.

   • 2006, Jane Jensen, Dante's Equation‎^[3], →ISBN, page 295:

     She had the strangest sense that the City was, simultaneously, both perfectly normal and dismissably unbelievable.