serviceable
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈsɝvɪsəbl̩/ / /ˈsɜːvɪsəbl̩/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English servisable, from Old French servisable, from servise. By surface analysis, service + -able.
- Easy to service.
- Repairable instead of disposable.
- In condition for use.
“I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...”
“There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.”