improvable Meaning, Definition & Usage

Im*prov"a*ble adjective

Etymology

From Improve.

Definitions

1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities.

   Man is accommodated with moral principles, improvable by the exercise of his faculties. Sir M. Hale.

   I have a fine spread of improvable lands. Addison.

2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous.

   The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints to better. Sir T. Browne.

   -- Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prov"a*bly, adv.