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

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Etymology

Origin of inclinable

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

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Example Sentences

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inclinable

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 King of England Charles I

James Tilghman, secretary of the Land Office, published the notice of his office's willingness "to receive applications from all persons inclinable to take up lands in the New Purchase."

From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by George D. Wolf

It is so benign and good in its own nature that it is not inclinable to suspect others.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

Several Parliaments seem'd inclinable to support that of Paris.

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 Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz

The stand is inclinable and has a hinged joint and clamping lever.

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

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