Meaning & use
Fathomable
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Capable of being understood or comprehended; able to be grasped mentally.
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The professor broke the theory down into fathomable pieces for beginners.
His motives were barely fathomable, even to his closest friends.
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"Fathomable" is far less common than its opposite, "unfathomable," which dominates modern usage.
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comprehensibleunderstandablegraspable
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