deal-withable

deal-withable adjective: able to be dealt with, handled, or overcome.

Adjective

deal-withable (comparative more deal-withable, superlative most deal-withable)

(informal) Able to be dealt with, handled, or overcome.
- Trust me, my ego is very dealwithable (ugh-ugh-ugh) in person.1993 January 29, G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>, “RE:Salmonella Bake 93”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet)
- That's it, I thought to myself, I can't live this way anymore. This has gone beyond the bounds of the deal-withable.2000, Jim Knipfel, Slackjaw, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 171

I know that isn't really a help, but it does I suppose make it more -- well, understandable, deal-withable, if one knows that this is the common experience[…]2003 October 7, <anon2765@firedrake.org>, “RE:The apostrophe strikes again”, in alt.books.tom-holt (Usenet):
Sometimes I get tired of being the guy who is supposed to deal with un-deal-withable situations.2007 February 6, Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty, Penguin, →ISBN, page 18:

From deal with + -able.

What does deal-withable mean?: Deal-withable means able to be dealt with, handled, or overcome.
How do you use deal-withable in a sentence?: I know that isn't really a help, but it does I suppose make it more -- well, understandable, deal-withable, if one knows that this is the common experience[…]
What part of speech is deal-withable?: Deal-withable is an adjective.

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