manageable

adjective

man·​age·​able ˈma-ni-jə-bəl How to pronounce manageable (audio)
: capable of being managed
manageability noun
manageableness noun
manageably adverb

Examples of manageable in a Sentence

We bought smaller, more manageable suitcases. They divided the students into three manageable groups. The conditioner makes your hair more manageable.
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That keeps the Eagles from getting into a manageable second down. Zach Berman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 To keep home organization manageable, purge regularly and only showcase what has meaning. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025 Death is not manageable, and the answer to the question of when is never going to be anything more than a good guess. Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 Many oncologists now describe metastatic breast cancer as a manageable chronic disease, closer in spirit to conditions like diabetes or heart disease than the uniformly terminal illness it was once considered. Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for manageable

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of manageable was in 1598

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“Manageable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manageable. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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