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WILLING AND ABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does willing and able mean?
• WILLING AND ABLE (adjective)
The adjective WILLING AND ABLE has 1 sense:
1. not reluctant
Familiarity information: WILLING AND ABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WILLING AND ABLE (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not reluctant
Similar:
willing (disposed or inclined toward)
Context examples
I meant to tell my tale plainly, and make my proposals openly: and it appeared to me so absolutely rational that I should be considered free to love and be loved, I never doubted some woman might be found willing and able to understand my case and accept me, in spite of the curse with which I was burdened.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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