manageable
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of manageable
Explanation
If you can handle something, it's manageable. An overworked college student might decide to drop a horrible chemistry class to make the semester more manageable. Anything that you can accomplish can be described with the adjective manageable. It's also used in a slightly different way, to talk about something that can be controlled, like a tamed lion or a smooth and tidy head of hair. The earliest use of the root word "manage" related specifically to controlling a horse, influenced by the French word for "horsemanship," manège.
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At Cornell, Greek life is a way, say proponents, to make its size more manageable for students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
And while those risks increase if interest rates continue on their current path, most feel they remain manageable, and can be kept contained.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Claire Colligan, NHS Forth Valley's associate director of pharmacy for primary and community care, says the board wants to expand the programme but needs to ensure it is manageable.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
A few kilometres further south, in San Marzano Oliveto, 41-year-old Luca Garberoglio is also pleased with a fine harvest and insists that stocks are "manageable" at the scale of the small Barbera d'Asti area.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
She said it would be less intimidating if she thought of it as several manageable parts instead of one complicated procedure.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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