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Webster 1913 Edition


Manageable

Man′age-a-ble

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Adj.
Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient;
as, a
manageable
horse
.
Syn. – Governable; tractable; controllable; docile.
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Man′age-a-ble-ness
,
Noun.
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Man′age-a-bly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Manageable

MAN'AGEABLE

,
Adj.
Easy to be used or directed to its proper purpose; not difficult to be moved or wielded. Heavy cannon are not very manageable.
1.
Governable; tractable; that may be controlled; as a manageable horse.
2.
That may be made subservient to one's views or designs.