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handleable

handleable

1 4.1
Easy to manage in daily life
  • adjective
  • /ˈhændləbəl/
translation icon : manejable
  • After assessing the situation, they concluded that the problem was handleable within the given timeframe.

Examples

  • Despite the challenges presented by the project, the team found it to be handleable with careful planning.

  • So when they're not handleable, how do you safely restrain them?

  • If you don't know, assuming the worst handleable case is a good idea.

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  • I wouldn't drag it into the filing thing or anything—that kind of annoyance is handleable on the spot.

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  • The issue seemed difficult at first, but it turned out to be quite handleable with the right approach.

Synonyms

manageable
vshandleable
57 3.2

Easy to deal with

is the general sense of being able to cope with something easily
tractable
vshandleable
3 7.4

Easy to manage and willing to follow directions

focuses on being possible to deal with rather than showing cooperation
surmountable
vshandleable
2 4.8

Possible to get past or deal with

stresses general ability to be dealt with rather than specifically overcoming obstacles
unproblematic
vshandleable
1 3.7

Easy to deal with or understand

allows dealing with it even when some difficulty exists
processable
vshandleable
4.0

Able to be put into a form that a computer or machine can use

is about being possible to deal with normally rather than only via a process
dispatchable
vshandleable
6.8

Able to be dealt with quickly and easily

is about being possible to deal with rather than being finished fast

Antonyms

difficult
386 2.1

Hard to control or deal with, often not willing to help

unmanageable
12 6.2

Hard to control or deal with

How Manageable

manageable
57 3.2
handleable
1 4.1
doable
51 1.8
unmanageable
12 6.2

Surface Forms

handleable positive

Morphology

handleable = handle (transparent) = handle + able

Regular and semantically direct verb + -able formation meaning 'capable of being handled'; an average learner knowing 'handle' and '-able' can derive the meaning.

Etymology

The word handleable comes from handle, which means 'to hold or deal with', and the ending -able which means 'able to'. So something handleable can be managed or dealt with without much difficulty.