guidableadj.
/ˈɡʌɪdəb(ə)l/ Capable of being guided.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > able to be led or directed
menablea1393
orderable1582
guidable1676
1676 T. Sprat Serm. before King (1677) 11 All the true followers of Christ should endeavour to obtain a submissive and guidable spirit.
1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger Concl. iv. 121 The Flock are not guideable by such a Novice.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 132 This Sort may be tamed, and made guidable.
1816 J. Austen Emma III. ix. 157 An easy, guidable man, to be persuaded into any thing. View more context for this quotation
1836 L. Hunt in New Monthly Mag. 48 60 Balloons shall be equally safe and guidable.
1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Polit. (1876) 219 The comparatively gentle and guidable thing which we now call human nature.
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