manageable
pronunciation
How to pronounce manageable in British English:
UK [ˈmænɪdʒəbl]
How to pronounce manageable in American English:
US [ˈmænɪdʒəbl]
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- Adjective:
- easy to handle or use or manage
- capable of being managed or controlled
- easily dealt with
Word Origin
- manageable (adj.)
- 1590s, from manage + -able. Related: Manageably.
Example
- 1. Step must be taken to reduce the problem to manageable proportions .
- 2. Low-balling starts out with a small , manageable request that the potential favor-doer will agree to .
- 3. The meeting in bern was expected to be tough but manageable .
- 4. The problem is not the size of the national debt as such , which is manageable in both cases , but our policies in dealing with it .
- 5. China 's great economic challenge is likely to be ensuring a transition to slower growth is gradual and manageable , rather than sharp and disruptive .