- Serviceableness
- Serviceable Serv"ice*a*ble, a.
1. Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage,
or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end
use; beneficial; advantageous. ``Serviceable to religion
and learning''. --Atterbury. ``Serviceable tools.''
--Macaulay.
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I know thee well, a serviceable villain. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent. [1913 Webster]
Courteous he was, lowly, and servysable. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Bright-hearnessed angels sit in order serviceable. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Seeing her so sweet and serviceable. --Tennnyson. [1913 Webster] -- {Serv"ice*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Serv"ice*a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
