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practicableness Definition


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practicable
adj
    1. Capable of being done, used or successfully carried out; feasible.
      Thesaurus: possible, feasible, workable, viable, attainable, accomplishable, doable, negotiable, achievable, performable, compassable, effectible; Antonym: impracticable.
    2. Said eg of a road: fit for use.
Derivative: practicability
noun
    Derivative: practicably
    adverb
      Etymology: 17c: from French pratiquer to practise; see practical.

      Info:
        ○ Both words mean ‘able to be done, used, etc', and a plan (for example) can be said to be practical or practicable. But practical has the further connotation of ‘efficient, sensible, useful' and is therefore more judgemental; it can also be applied to people, whereas practicable can not &wbox; &wbox; &wbox;


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