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manageable
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Manageable
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man·age·a·ble
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ˈmæn
ɪ
dʒə
bəl
/
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man
-i-j
uh
-b
uh
l
]
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adjective
that can be
managed
; governable; tractable; contrivable.
Origin:
1590–1600;
manage
+
-able
Related forms
man·age·a·bil·i·ty,
man·age·a·ble·ness,
noun
man·age·a·bly,
adverb
un·man·age·a·ble,
adjective
un·man·age·a·bil·i·ty,
un·man·age·a·ble·ness,
noun
un·man·age·a·b·ly,
adverb
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manageable
(ˈmænɪdʒəb
ə
l)
—
adj
able to be managed or controlled
managea'bility
—
n
'manageableness
—
n
'manageably
—
adv
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
manageable
1590s, from
manage
+
-able
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Whilst this is scary it could be argued that adaptations of existing pathogens
are
manageable
.
If anything, the exhaust note is a bit tame, and the power is
manageable
.
It took our
manageable
problems and made them worse.
Some predators are useful for keeping the populations of other animals at
manageable
levels.
Diabetes and hypertension can be held at a safe,
manageable
level precisely because they are essentially stable diseases.
However, breaking things into small and
manageable
chunks can help you eat that proverbial elephant.
Some three-quarters of entrepreneurs surveyed said they planned to keep their business small and
manageable
.
And as farmers irrigate with reservoir water, river levels stay
manageable
.
The set has now been reissued in a handsome and surprisingly
manageable
array of seventeen boxes.
Costs a little more, but it's
manageable
, especially with newer energy-efficiency technologies.
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