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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-dap-tuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : əˈdæp tə bəl



Definition of adaptable

Origin :
  • 1800, from adapt + -able.
  • adj able and usually willing to change
Example sentences :
  • They had to be adaptable and capable of carrying delicate and large responsibility.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • Because they were so likable and intelligent and adaptable—they were vastly dangerous!
  • Extract from : « Zen » by Jerome Bixby
  • Few words are more elastic and adaptable than the verb substantive.
  • Extract from : « Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews » by Handley C.G. Moule
  • Which of the possessions of the United States are adaptable for cane-sugar?
  • Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
  • One can get accustomed to anything—man is as adaptable as the trees.
  • Extract from : « Through Finland in Carts » by Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
  • Not much "wide and adaptable life" to take her thoughts off herself.
  • Extract from : « Saint's Progress » by John Galsworthy
  • The boys must be expert performers, and adaptable to any emergency.
  • Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
  • We haven't any choir or any Bible, but parsonage folks have to be adaptable.
  • Extract from : « Prudence Says So » by Ethel Hueston
  • Broom is about the best cover you can use for sheltering a nest, and is most adaptable.
  • Extract from : « Wild Ducks » by W. Coape Oates
  • Young people of Cynthia's type and nationality are the most adaptable in the world.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill

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