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pal·at·a·ble

(păl′ə-tə-bəl)

adj.

1. Acceptable to the taste; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten.

2. Acceptable or agreeable to the mind or sensibilities: a palatable solution to the problem.

pal′at·a·bil′i·ty, pal′at·a·ble·ness n.

pal′at·a·bly adv.

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Adv.

palatably - in a palatable way

unpalatably - in an unpalatable way; "The vegetables looked unpalatably wilted"

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palatably

adv → schmackhaft; (fig also) → attraktiv

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