FEASIBLE

feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workable

(adjective) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

feasible (comparative more feasible, superlative most feasible)

Able to be done in practice.

Synonyms: achievable, doable, possible, practicable, workable

Antonyms: infeasible, unfeasible

Anagrams

• labefies

Source: Wiktionary


Fea"si*ble a. Etym: [F. faisable, fr. faire to make or do, fr. L. facere. See Fact, Feat.]

1. Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable. Always existing before their eyes as a thing feasible in practice. Burke. It was not feasible to gratify so many ambitions. Beaconsfield.

2. Fit to be used or tailed, as land. [R.] R. Trumbull. Fea"si*ble*ness, n. --Fea"si*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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