Manageable
['mænɪdʒəb(ə)l] or ['mænɪdʒəbl]
Definition
(a.) Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Tractable, governable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Easy, feasible, possible, docile, tractable, practicable
ANT:Difficult, impracticable, Impossible, unmanageable, intractable, refractory,untameable
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Examples
- In managing the wild instincts of the scarce manageable _bête fauve_ my powers would revel. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- France would never be obedient and manageable, he thought; she would never stand a new monarchy, without religion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With regard to a large number of matters about which other men are decided or obstinate, he was the most easily manageable man in the world. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was restless and sleepless, but still quailing and manageable. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The oftener you make them rummage their own minds for a reason, the more manageable you will find them in all the relations of life. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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