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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Retrievable

Retrievable \Re*triev"a*ble\, a. [From Retrieve.] That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval. -- Re*triev"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*triev"a*bly, adv.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
retrievable

1711, from retrieve + -able.

Wiktionary
retrievable

a. Capable of being retrieved or recovered.

WordNet
retrievable

adj. capable of being regained especially with effort; "he believed the information was retrievable"

Usage examples of "retrievable".

Summerson will communicate with Mr. Carstone, and you can only hope that his position may be yet retrievable.

Briefly -- affairs are much worse in India than anyone here is allowed to realize, the situation is in fact retrievable but won't be retrieved because the Government is determined to make no real concessions, hell will break loose when and if there is a Japanese invasion, and our broadcasts are utterly useless because nobody listens to them.