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CONFORMABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conformable mean?
• CONFORMABLE (adjective)
The adjective CONFORMABLE has 3 senses:
1. quick to comply
2. disposed or willing to conform
3. in keeping
Familiarity information: CONFORMABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quick to comply
Context example:
I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable
Similar:
obedient (dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Disposed or willing to conform
Synonyms:
amenable; conformable
Context example:
someone amenable to the instruction of others
Similar:
compliant (inclined to comply)
Sense 3
Meaning:
In keeping
Synonyms:
accordant; agreeable; concordant; conformable; consonant
Context example:
expressed views concordant with his background
Similar:
consistent ((sometimes followed by 'with') in agreement or consistent or reliable)
Context examples
Varying from the norm; not conformable to the type.
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