accessibly

ac·ces·si·ble

[ak-ses-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use.
2.
that can be used, entered, reached, etc.: an accessible road; accessible ruins.
3.
obtainable; attainable: accessible evidence.
4.
open to the influence of (usually followed by to ): accessible to bribery.

Origin:
1600–10; < Late Latin accessibilis. See access, -ible

ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty, noun
ac·ces·si·bly, adverb
non·ac·ces·si·ble, adjective
pre·ac·ces·si·ble, adjective
un·ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty, noun
un·ac·ces·si·ble, adjective
un·ac·ces·si·b·ly, adverb

accessible, assessable.
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accessible (əkˈsɛsəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  easy to approach, enter, use, or understand
2.  accessible to likely to be affected by; open to; susceptible to
3.  obtainable; available
4.  easy for disabled people to enter or use
5.  logic (of a possible world) surveyable from some other world so that the truth value of statements about it can be known. A statement possibly p is true in a world W if and only if p is true in some worlds accessible to W
 
accessi'bility
 
n
 
ac'cessibly
 
adv

accessible (əkˈsɛsəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  easy to approach, enter, use, or understand
2.  accessible to likely to be affected by; open to; susceptible to
3.  obtainable; available
4.  easy for disabled people to enter or use
5.  logic (of a possible world) surveyable from some other world so that the truth value of statements about it can be known. A statement possibly p is true in a world W if and only if p is true in some worlds accessible to W
 
accessi'bility
 
n
 
ac'cessibly
 
adv

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accessible
c.1600, "affording access," from Fr. accessible, from L. accessus, from pp. stem of accedere (see access). Meaning "easy to reach" is from 1640s; Of art or writing, "able to be readily understood," 1961 (a term not needed in the years before writing or art often deliberately was made not so).
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