relishable

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Four of them will spend the night in her car – not a relishable prospect given that Cambridge is several degrees colder than Murmansk.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2013

The "boys" are caught—it was a "good 'un;" and to the enjoyment of a relishable supper was added a hearty laugh.

From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.

The repast was not peculiarly relishable; consequently, we had all the more opportunity to feed spiritually upon the masterpiece on the cliff,—the rock-portrait of Avon's, of England's, of the World's immortal bard.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by James, George Wharton

As a brother I am a nonentity, Lady Huntingford; it's not altogether relishable, you know.

From Nedra by McCutcheon, George Barr

No, I will not cast it on the sand; it is more seemly to take it from my hand, and, I do assure you, it will be no less relishable.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert