contrivableadj.
/kənˈtrʌɪvəb(ə)l/ Capable of being contrived.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [adjective] > capable of being invented
inventible1641
contrivablea1672
a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Dædalus xv. (R.) It will hence appear, how a perpetual motion may seem easily contrivable.
1854 J. Ruskin Two Paths ii. 58 No machine yet contrived, or hereafter contrivable, will ever equal..the human fingers.
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