1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.

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2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as,

a notable event, person.

Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and

capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good

orthoëpists, nt"*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being

also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable.

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