Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAN'AGE-A-BLE-NESS
MAN'AGE-A-BLE-NESS, n.
- The quality of being easily used, or directed to its proper purpose; as, the manageableness of an instrument. Boyle.
- Tractableness; the quality of being susceptible of government and control; easiness to be governed.
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