Meanings
adjectivegelivable (comparative more gelivable, superlative most gelivable)
comparative more gelivable · superlative most gelivable
- ChinaInternetAwesome, incredible, amazing, extraordinary.
Jack's bitcoin has risen by more than 1500 % this year. Wow, this digital gold is so gelivable!
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Origin
From Mandarin 給力 /给力 (gěilì, “to give power; to be powerful, awesome”) + -able. Perhaps a back-formation from ungelivable (“uninteresting, unexciting”), which was modelled on unbelievable.
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gelivable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gelivable
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“gelivable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gelivable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gelivable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gelivable.
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