rule
noun
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc..
rulable
-
a word derived from
rule.
Example Sentences
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It is not rulable to shove it; it must simply be placed on the track and move of its own weight.
From Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
She said she would not think of going in Ballardsville, but she supposed it was more rulable in New York.
From The Kentons by William Dean Howells
It may not be rulable nor dignified," he begins hotly, "but I demand a moment's hearing.
From The Diamond Coterie by Lawrence L. Lynch
“It is rulable to put the deacons’ box under the pulpit,” said Hiram; and then, as if he had ventured too much, he added, “but there’s different fashions in different Countries.”
From The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper
Figures are also preferable in uneven sums of money too long to be written with one, or at most two words; per cent., as well, is rulable in figures.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Maud C. Cooke
