counsellablecounselableadj.
/ˈkaʊnsɪləb(ə)l/ 1. Open to counsel; willing to be counselled.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > ready to be advised
counsellable1559
advisablea1654
1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 515 in Wks. (1931) I Allace! that daye had he bene counsalabyll, He had obtenit laude, glore, and victorie.
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 135 His Majesty engaged also to me to be secret, constant and counselable.
1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) iii. iii. 310 He requires a perswadable counsellable temper.
2. Of things: To be recommended; advisable.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [adjective] > advisable
commendablec1386
advisable1638
counsellable1644
1644 King Charles I Let. in T. Carte Coll. Orig. Lett. (1736) II. App. 6 In case the Rebels here clap up peace with me..which possibly were not counsellable for me to refuse.
1655 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 306 I know it is very councelable to vnite all factions against the present vsurper.
1668 Earl of Clarendon Vindic. in Tracts (1727) 73 His Majesty found it most counsellable to resolve to make a defensive war.
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