Shadeable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of shadable. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "The draughtsman could not have held the sheet with the apse at the tip, for then, instead of shading away from the edge, most of his hatched lines would begin in the uncharted middle ground of a shadeable area, to strike against the contour; […]"

Example

More examples

"The draughtsman could not have held the sheet with the apse at the tip, for then, instead of shading away from the edge, most of his hatched lines would begin in the uncharted middle ground of a shadeable area, to strike against the contour; […]"

Etymology

From shade + -able.

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