"gelivable" meaning in English

See gelivable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more gelivable [comparative], most gelivable [superlative]
Etymology: From Mandarin 給力/给力 (gěilì, “to give power; to be powerful, awesome”) + -able. Perhaps a back-formation from ungelivable (“uninteresting, unexciting”), which was modelled on unbelievable. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|給力|-able|lang1=cmn|t1=to give power; to be powerful, awesome}} Mandarin 給力/给力 (gěilì, “to give power; to be powerful, awesome”) + -able, {{m|en|ungelivable||uninteresting, unexciting}} ungelivable (“uninteresting, unexciting”), {{m|en|unbelievable}} unbelievable Head templates: {{en-adj}} gelivable (comparative more gelivable, superlative most gelivable)
  1. (chiefly China, Internet slang) Awesome, incredible, amazing, extraordinary. Tags: China, Internet
    Sense id: en-gelivable-en-adj-it74EW4R Categories (other): Chinese English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

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