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manageable, a.|ˈmænɪdʒəb(ə)l|
Also 7 mannageable, maneggiable.
[f. manage v. + -able. Cf. maniable.]
That can be managed; amenable to control or guidance, tractable; admitting of being wielded, manipulated, or administered, workable; capable of being accomplished by contrivance.
1598Florio, Maneggiéuole, manageable, that may be handled. 1603Florio tr. Montaigne ii. xii. 280 To them [beasts] as their proper share we leave the essentiall, the maneagable [1632 manageable: F. maniables], and palpable goods, as peace, rest,..and health. 1618Bolton tr. Florus (1636) 73 Italy was now brought under, and made mannageable. 1625Bacon Ess., Viciss. Things (Arb.) 576 The Conditions of Weapons..are..That the Carriage may be Light and Manageable; and the like. 1636E. Dacres tr. Machiavel's Disc. Livy I. 32 If thou wouldst make a numerous and warlike people..thou mak'st them of such a temper, that they shall never be maneggiable at thy will. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 253 The Chariot was drawn by two white Oxen, which..were as swift and manageable as our horses. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. vi. 346 The first Constitution and Order of things is not in Reason or Nature manageable by such a Law. 1712Steele Spect. No. 479 ⁋5 They who learn to keep a good Seat on horseback, mount the least managable they can get. 1740J. Clarke Educ. Youth (ed. 3) 201 When the Number of Boys in a Class, arises above half a Dozen,..they become less manageable. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. x. 241 It is one convenience of their jars that they are much more manageable than casks. 1798Hull Advertiser 4 Aug. 2/4 A gunboat..being very manageable in a strong tideway. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh i. 370 A meek and manageable child. 1866Odling Anim. Chem. 14 Only a few of these metallic chlorides can be vaporised at manageable temperatures. 1884Manch. Exam. 9 June 4/7 The right of the Chancellor of the Exchequer compulsorily to pay off two..classes of Three per Cent. stocks in manageable amounts. |
