manageablenessn.
/ˈmanᵻdʒəblnəs/, U.S. /ˈmænɪdʒəbəlnəs/ The quality of being manageable.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [noun] > condition of being easily managed
manageableness1661
handiness1754
manageability1776
handleability1947
society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun]
manageableness1661
manageability1776
1661 R. Boyle Two Ess. Unsuccessfulness Exper. ii, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 94 Which Disagreement..may..be imputed to the greater or less exactness and manageableness of the Instruments employ'd.
1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 266 He thinks that the Excellency of the Greek Poetry might at first proceed from the manageableness of the Greek Language.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. ii. vi. 205 The ox, the horse, and the sheep have docility and manageableness given them for their characteristic.
1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 414 The manageableness of her means..will always keep England at the head of the nations of the world.
1903 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 393 The receptivity and the manageableness of the child are at their maximum within the first fifteen minutes of school hours.
1994 Boston Globe (Nexis) 18 Apr. 30 Credited not on having the qualities of a winner but on manageableness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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