capable
adjective
having power and ability; efficient; competent.
capableness
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a word derived from
capable.
Example Sentences
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I wasn’t always a believer, originally finding the show, with its sleeves-rolled-up capableness, a little corny and overly idealized.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2016
It was on the heels of Mrs. Newbolt's candor about Eleanor's "capableness" that he swept her resistance away.
From The Vehement Flame by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
In the harsh vanity of her conscious capableness and young strength she thought thus, half forgetting her own follies, and half excusing them on the ground of inexperience.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
The class of the verb is determined by something else than the mere capableness of the "nominative."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
What chiefly struck me about Mrs Brindley was her serene air of capableness, of having a self-confidence which experience had richly justified.
From The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
