conformable

[ kuhn-fawr-muh-buhl ]

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adjective

corresponding in form, nature, or character; similar.
compliant; obedient; submissive: a conformable disposition.

Geology. of or relating to an unbroken sequence of strata or beds, characteristic of uninterrupted deposition.

Origin of conformable

1425–75; late Middle English. See conform, -able

Other words from conformable

sub·con·form·a·ble, adjective
sub·con·form·a·ble·ness, noun
sub·con·form·a·bly, adverb
su·per·con·form·a·ble, adjective
su·per·con·form·a·ble·ness, noun
su·per·con·form·a·bly, adverb

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How to use conformable in a sentence

Nothing can be accomplished but through the medium of, and conformable to these laws.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States | Martin R. Delany
Even so, I had said nothing improper and had confined myself within the limits of language conformable to my age and education.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
This order is neither arbitrary nor fictitious, but strictly conformable to the steps of Nature.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
The legitimacy of this appeal is admitted whenever it is allowed that our judgments ought to be conformable to fact.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart Mill
The old Bohemian was there, in a humble attitude, little conformable with the effrontery natural to his race.
Michael Strogoff | Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for conformable

conformable

/ (kənˈfɔːməbəl) /

adjective

corresponding in character; similar
obedient; submissive

(foll by to) in agreement or harmony (with); consistent (with)
(of rock strata) lying in a parallel arrangement so that their original relative positions have remained undisturbed
maths (of two matrices) related so that the number of columns in one is equal to the number of rows in the other

Derived forms of conformable

conformability or conformableness, noun
conformably, adverb

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