Word Meanings - SUPPORTABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
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- SUPPORTABLE
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv. - SUFFERABLE
1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. "Ye must be sufferable." Chaucer. 2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. -- Suf"fer*a*ble*ness, n. -- Suf"fer*a*bly, adv. - BEARABLE
Capable of being borne or endured; tolerable. -- Bear"a*bly, adv. - PASSABLE
1. Capable of being passed, traveled, navigated, traversed, penetrated, or the like; as, the roads are not passable; the stream is passablein boats. His body's a passable carcass if it be not hurt; it is a throughfare for steel. Shak. 2. Capable - SUFFICIENTLY
To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties. - ALLOWABLENESS
The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety. South. - ENDURABLE
Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n. - ALLOWABLE
1. Praiseworthy; laudable. Hacket. 2. Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends. - SUFFICIENT
1. Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country. My grace is sufficient for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9. 2. Possessing adequate talents - PERMISSIBLE
That may be permitted; allowable; admissible. -- Per*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Per*mis"si*bly, adv. - TOLERABLE
1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally. As may affect tionearth with cold and heat Scarce tolerable. Milton. 2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as - PASSABLENESS
The quality of being passable. - INSUFFICIENTLY
In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately. - UNTOLERABLE
Intolerable. - IMPASSABLE
Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. Milton. -- Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*pass"a*bly, adv. - UNPASSABLE
Impassable. E. A. Freeman. -- Un*pass"a*ble*ness, n. Evelyn. - DISALLOWABLE
Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n. - INSUPPORTABLE
Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`sup*port"a*bly, adv. - UNSUPPORTABLE
Insupportable; unendurable. -- Un`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Wilkins. -- Un`sup*port"a*bly, adv. - COMPASSABLE
Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke. - UNSUFFICIENT
Insufficient. - IMPERMISSIBLE
Not permissible. - SELF-SUFFICIENT
1. Sufficient for one's self without external aid or coöperation. Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till we prove the person using it omnipotent and self-sufficient, and such as can never need any mortal assistance. South. 2. Having - TRANSPASSABLE
Capable of being transpassed, or crossed over.