Controllable
[kən'trəʊləbl] or [kən'troləbl]
Definition
(a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.
Editor: Stanton
Examples
- For many such purposes gangs of captives were cheaper and far more controllable than levies of the king's own people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But the little battery with its metal plates in a weak solution proved a perennial reservoir of electrical energy, safe and controllable, from which supplies could be drawn at will. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He kissed her cheek, and departed in great misery, which was several hours in lessening itself to a controllable level. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typed by Edmund