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behoovable

behoovable adjective: supplying need; profitable; advantageous.

Adjective

behoovable (comparative more behoovable, superlative most behoovable)

  1. (obsolete) Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.
    • Synne is behovabil, but al shal be welc. 1393, Julian of Norwich, “chapter 27”, in Revelations of Divine Love

Forms of behoovable

comparativemore behoovable
superlativemost behoovable

Origin of behoovable

From behoove + -able.

Questions about behoovable

What does behoovable mean?
Behoovable means supplying need; profitable; advantageous.
What part of speech is behoovable?
Behoovable is an adjective.

Words near behoovable in the dictionary

  1. behoneys
  2. behoof
  3. behoofful
  4. behoofs
  5. behooped
  6. behoovable
  7. behoove
  8. behooved
  9. behooveful
  10. behooven
  11. behooves

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