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Definition of preferable:
Synonyms:
better, preferred, favored, so much the better, surpassing, an improvement on something, preferent, desirable, better, favorite, excellent, extraordinary, unhoped-for, pet, improved, superior, favourite, best-loved, superior.
Usage examples:
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More glad would perhaps be preferable, Aunt.
- "The Orchard of Tears", Sax Rohmer. -
Now or never; death itself were preferable to this continued suspense.
- "The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete", Charles James Lever (1806-1872). -
A magnificent copy, in two volumes: much preferable to either of the preceding.
- "A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two", Thomas Frognall Dibdin.