practicable

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

adjective usable for a specific purpose
adjective capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

Borrowed from Latin prācticābilis, partly modelled on Middle French praticable. By surface analysis, practice (verb) + -able.

The absolute should be practicable. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Sunday-schools will be established wherever practicable. — Sketches New and Old, Mark Twain
Our crossing was thus made practicable without loss. — Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

operable

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