comportable

adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Consistent; suitable.

[T]here vvere tvvo vvayes to be deliuered; The one Hiſtoricall, by deſcription of the principall vvorkes, performed already in good part, by Giorgio Vaſſari in the liues of Architects: The other Logicall, by caſting the rules and cautions of this Art, into ſome comportable Methode: […]

But, when his nephew, leaning an elbow on the table, covered his eyes thoughtfully and dejectedly with his hand, the fine mask looked at him sideways with a stonger concentration of keenness, closeness, and dislike, than was comportable with its wearer's assumption of indifference.

2

Satisfactory; acceptable.

Number 2, at present in the occupation of Oliver Cromwell, and divided from the former by Conococheqgue Creek, contains 340 or 350 acres—the soil is productive, the improvements neat and comportable, and there is from 130 to 150 acres of it still in woods, which is covered with timber of a very superior quality.

A person could only be present with us as a whole person, then, provided her actions were comportable and provided we were somehow in a position to appreciate that comportability .

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