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maniable

maniable adjective: manageable.

Adjective

maniable (comparative more maniable, superlative most maniable)

  1. (obsolete) manageable
    • [A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for...

Synonyms of maniable

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Forms of maniable

comparativemore maniable
superlativemost maniable

Origin of maniable

From Middle English manyable, from Middle French maniable, from manier (“to manage”), from Latin manus (“hand”). By surface analysis, man(us) + -i- + -able.

Questions about maniable

What does maniable mean?
Maniable means manageable.
What part of speech is maniable?
Maniable is an adjective.

Words near maniable in the dictionary

  1. mani-pedi
  2. mani-pedis
  3. mania
  4. mania a potu
  5. mania-like
  6. maniable
  7. maniac
  8. maniacal
  9. maniacality
  10. maniacally
  11. Maniaci

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