maneuverable
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6.2
- adjective
- /məˈnuːvərəbəl/
- US
:
maniobrable
- The small, lightweight kayak is highly maneuverable, making it easy to navigate through narrow streams.
- highly maneuverable
- more maneuverable
They make your gun longer and which means less maneuverable.
- They make your gun longer and which means less maneuverable.
- So one of the key aspects of the aircraft and its design was making it highly maneuverable.
- So I think the right tool for trimming such small plants must be something small and held and maneuverable.
- We constructed the film in such a way that we were all very manoeuvrable.
Examples
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This compact city bike is maneuverable in heavy traffic, allowing riders to zigzag smoothly between cars.
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However, Western fighters are more maneuverable than Soviet models and can climb faster.
Academic text (1991) -
The device must be highly maneuverable.
Academic text (2000) -
The ship's not nearly as maneuverable as a shuttle.
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They're the most maneuverable planes in the sky.
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The sailing raft is also highly maneuverable, which helps in navigating along the coast.
Academic text (2002) -
Not that that would be a problem; the Falcon was faster and infinitely more maneuverable than anything that size.
Fiction book (1991) -
Its lightweight sweptwing design makes it extremely maneuverable and agile.
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Like most polo bikes, the PBJ frameset was designed to be as maneuverable as possible.
Blog text (31) -
The sam-board proved inexpensive and highly maneuverable, allowing the divers to freely collect samples or record information.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
1
4.6
Easy to guide along a path
1
7.4
Easy to change, control, or shape
Able to be steered or guided
Easy to control, like a car or a dog
Easy for someone to change or control
Antonyms
How Maneuverable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Maneuverable comes from maneuver, which comes from the root manu- meaning 'hand' and is like the common word manual. So something maneuverable is easy to move or steer, as if you could guide it with your hand.