Adaptable
[ə'dæptəb(ə)l] or [ə'dæptəbl]
Definition
(adj.) capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; 'to succeed one must be adaptable'; 'the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths' .
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Definition
(a.) Capable of being adapted.
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Examples
- He is industrious, patiently adaptable to rank and file, equable and moderate in capacity and requirement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Now, what I will say for you, my dear,' the cherub pursued mildly and without a notion of complaining, 'is, that you are so adaptable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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