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manageable [ˈmænɪdʒəbəl] adj
able to be managed or controlled manageability less commonly, manageableness n manageably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
manageable adjective 1. easy, convenient, handy, user-friendly, wieldy The table folds down into a manageable zipped carrying bag. easy hard, demanding, difficult 2. achievable, possible, reasonable, viable, feasible, practicable, attainable, doable it gives the person a manageable goal Translations manageable [ˈmænɪdʒəbl] ADJ 1. (= controllable) [size, number, level, rate] → razonable; [situation] → controlable; [problem] → que se puede solucionar; [vehicle] → manejable, fácil de maniobrar; [hair] → dócil she reduces complex issues to manageable proportions → reduce cuestiones muy complejas a algo de proporciones manejables 2. (= achievable) [task] → que se puede realizar this cycle ride is quite manageable, even for children → este recorrido en bicicleta es fácil de realizar, incluso para los niños 3. (= docile) [person, child, animal] → dócil manageable [ˈmænɪdʒəbəl] adj (= reasonable) [size, proportions, number, level] → raisonnable, gérable [task] → faisable manageable adj child → folgsam, fügsam; horse → fügsam; amount, job, task → zu bewältigen; hair → leicht frisierbar, geschmeidig; number, proportions → überschaubar; car → leicht zu handhaben; since the treatment he’s been less violent, more manageable → seit der Behandlung ist er nicht mehr so gewalttätig, man kann besser mit ihm umgehen or zurechtkommen; the children are no longer manageable for her → sie wird mit den Kindern nicht mehr fertig; is that manageable for you? → schaffen Sie das?; the situation is manageable → die Situation lässt sich in den Griff bekommen; this company is just not manageable → es ist unmöglich, dieses Unternehmen (erfolgreich) zu leiten; to keep something to a manageable level → etw im überschaubaren Rahmen halten; you should try and keep the book within manageable limits → Sie sollten versuchen, das Buch in überschaubaren Grenzen zu halten; pieces of a more manageable size → Stücke, die leichter zu handhaben sind, Stücke pl → in handlicher Größe; a job of manageable size → eine überschaubare Aufgabe; the staircase isn’t manageable for an old lady → die Treppe ist für eine alte Dame zu beschwerlich manageable [ˈmænɪdʒəbl] adj (car, boat, size, proportions) → maneggevole; (person) → trattabile, arrendevole; (task) → fattibile manageable hair → capelli mpl docili al pettine manageable [ˈmænɪdʒəbl] adj (car, boat, size, proportions) → maneggevole; (person) → trattabile, arrendevole; (task) → fattibile manageable hair → capelli mpl docili al pettine How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At the hour I now speak of she had joined me, under pressure, on the terrace, where, with the lapse of the season, the afternoon sun was now agreeable; and we sat there together while, before us, at a distance, but within call if we wished, the children strolled to and fro in one of their most manageable moods. She has the flexible face, the manageable voice, and the dramatic knack which fit a woman for character-parts and disguises on the stage. It was a hard, long gale, gray clouds and green sea, heavy weather undoubtedly, but still what a sailor would call manageable. |
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