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manageable Definition

man·age·able (man′ij ə bəl)

adjective

that can be managed; controllable, tractable, contrivable, etc.

manageable Related Forms

man′·age·abil′·ity noun or man′·age·able·ness man′·age·ably adverb

manageable Synonyms

manageable

modif.

controllable, docile, compliant, pliant, governable, teachable, tractable, willing, obedient, submissive, yielding, adaptable, flexible, dutiful, humble, meek, easy, soft, malleable; see also gentle 3, obedient 1, willing 2.

Antonyms rebellious*, ungovernable*, unruly.

manageable Usage Examples

Preposition: in

term: He felt that all the points made by members were manageable in terms of the way in which IWG work would be undertaken.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • keep: To keep things manageable, the original data are sampled to produce a screen image no bigger than 600 screen pixels.
  • make: These days, I am allowing myself to cut things down, to make things more manageable.

Modifies a noun

  • chunk: Breaking things down into a series of manageable chunks usually makes things easier.
  • proportion: Clearly we need to trim this down to manageable proportions.
  • size: The bonfire was of a far more manageable size than some in recent years.
  • workload: The first year went by with few problems, lots of friends and support and a manageable workload.
  • portion: We break the process down into manageable portions for our clients.
  • repayment: We can contact all your creditors to negotiate a manageable repayment of your debt.

Modifying Another Word

  • remotely: PMC enables branch servers to perform as print servers because they are remotely manageable on a one-to-many basis.
  • easily: In many cases, the cost are easily manageable - far less than moving house for example.
  • perfectly: Things like going to the shops, which would in practice be perfectly manageable with relatively modest amounts of lifting, then become impossible.
  • fairly: When the sale isn't on they are $ 15 which is a fairly manageable price point too.
  • quite: We're now up to 4519 lines of code, so it's still quite manageable.
  • completely: In terms of work, the reading and assignments are at a level much higher than at A-level, but it is completely manageable.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: Once you start to tick off your checklist it will seem much more manageable.
  • become: However this becomes manageable the more work you have to mark.
  • remain: Therefore, during the next few weeks there will be some thinning out of material to ensure the site remains manageable.
  • look: Potatoes and willow might be introduced subsequently, and looked manageable.
  • make: Larger summary lists are made more manageable by our range of'Sort Order' buttons.