preferrable

comparative more preferrable · superlative most preferrable

1. alternativeAlternative form of preferable.

   This Cape Merick seems preferrable for commerce, either as a factory, to trade with the Moors, or as a place of protection for the traders, and the fishery.

   1818, J. B. Henry Savigny, Alexander Correard, Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816

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   Sardines and tinned salmon were luxuries we could not afford, but fresh fish and game were better, and, even when salted, were preferrable to a continuous diet of beef.

   1901, Louis Becke, "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific