Definitions

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  • noun The state or condition of being enjoyable.

Etymologies

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enjoy +‎ -ability

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Examples

  • But I wouldn't give a damn about these shows 'undercurrents if I weren't first and foremost entertained, and I've never understood the point of reducing a show as ingeniously conceived and witty as Buffy the Vampire Slayer to a "text" whose enjoyability is irrelevant to its meanings — meanings that in this kind of criticism are always inadvertent, and hence the critic's "discoveries," even though every adolescent who's seen Buffy knows (and relishes) how highly self-conscious it is.

    The Kids Are All Right 2004

  • But I wouldn't give a damn about these shows 'undercurrents if I weren't first and foremost entertained, and I've never understood the point of reducing a show as ingeniously conceived and witty as Buffy the Vampire Slayer to a "text" whose enjoyability is irrelevant to its meanings — meanings that in this kind of criticism are always inadvertent, and hence the critic's "discoveries," even though every adolescent who's seen Buffy knows (and relishes) how highly self-conscious it is.

    The Kids Are All Right 2004

  • I know that speaking the language will increase the the "enjoyability"? of the whole experience.

    Spanish course 2003

  • I know that speaking the language will increase the the "enjoyability"? of the whole experience.

    Spanish course 2003

  • I know that speaking the language will increase the the "enjoyability"? of the whole experience.

    Spanish course 2003

  • I know that speaking the language will increase the the "enjoyability"? of the whole experience.

    Spanish course 2003

  • I know that speaking the language will increase the the "enjoyability"? of the whole experience.

    Spanish course 2003

  • I know that speaking the language will increase the the "enjoyability"? of the whole experience.

    Spanish course 2003

  • I know that speaking the language will increase the the "enjoyability"? of the whole experience.

    Spanish course 2003

  • I know that speaking the language will increase the the "enjoyability"? of the whole experience.

    Spanish course 2003

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