inclinable

American  

[in-klahy-nuh-buhl] / ɪnˈklaɪ nə bəl /

adjective

1. having a mental tendency in a certain direction.

2. favorable.

3. capable of being inclined.

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inclinable British  

/ ɪnˈklaɪnəbəl /

adjective

1. having an inclination or tendency (to); disposed (to)

2. capable of being inclined

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Other Word Forms

• noninclinable adjective
• overinclinable adjective
• uninclinable adjective

Etymology

Origin of inclinable

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at incline, -able

Example Sentences

The stand is inclinable and fitted with revolving centering stage, coarse adjustment by rack and pinion, fine adjustment by micrometer screw with scale.

From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst

Some men have that height, as to interpret all faire condescendings as arguments of feeblenesse, and glory most in an unflexible stifnesse, when they see others most supple and inclinable to them.

From Eikon Basilike The Pourtracture of His Sacred Majestie, in His Solitudes and Sufferings by Charles I, King of England

Medium Size Microscope, inclinable, with revolving centering vulcanite stage, coarse adjustment by rack and pinion, fine adjustment by micrometer-screw.

From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst

That Minister seem'd inclinable to serve me, and promis'd to speak for me to the King his Master.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

No, no, madam, the poor man's inclinable enough to lie still.

From The Beaux-Stratagem by Farquhar, George