| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.[Websters]
2. Being dissuasive. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb discourageably.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (discourageably) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective discourageable.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DISCOURAGEABLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
