Meanings
adverbdiagnosably (comparative more diagnosably, superlative most diagnosably)
comparative more diagnosably · superlative most diagnosably
- In a diagnosable way.
“The seizures got me out of military service, though they landed me, instead, in an asylum—diagnosably, syndromically, Puerto Rican.”
2023, Justin Torres, Blackouts, Granta Books (2024), page 129
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
- Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
- Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
- Latindiagnōsis
- Englishdiagnosisbf.
- Englishdiagnos(e)
- Englishdiagnosable
- Englishdiagnosably
From diagnosable + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
diagnosably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diagnosably
MLA
“diagnosably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diagnosably. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diagnosably,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diagnosably.
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