skimmable

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adjective

Capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly).

“Nearly all documentation of business processes should be skimmable, with the summaries clearly differentiated from the detailed expositions.”

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Meanings

adjectiveskimmable (comparative more skimmable, superlative most skimmable)

comparative more skimmable · superlative most skimmable

  1. Capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly).

    Nearly all documentation of business processes should be skimmable, with the summaries clearly differentiated from the detailed expositions.

  2. Worthy only of being skimmed rather than closely read; that is, not worthy of close reading.

    Though it’s a short book, “The Downhill Lie” becomes skimmable at such moments.

    2008 May 19, Janet Maslin, “Fore! A Writer Tees Off and a Turtle Is Airborne”, in New York Times

Origin

From skim + -able.

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APA

skimmable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skimmable

MLA

“skimmable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skimmable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skimmable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skimmable.

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