Good and Preferable

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Good adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.

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Preferable and good are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preferable" instead an adjective "Good".

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Preferable adjective - More desirable than another.

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Good and preferable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Good" instead an adjective "Preferable".

They do indeed seem to be not so much unalloyed good as merely preferable to the demons.

Source: Light Is Not Good / Comic Books
In a choice between siding with good or evil, a neutral character will have a problem which side is preferable, especially if he's looking for personal benefits.

Source: The Ditherer
This is universally presented as a good thing, or at least preferable to the alternative.

Source: End of an Age

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