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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Serviceable \Serv"ice*a*ble\, adjective
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.
I know thee well, a serviceable villain. --Shak.
2. Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.
Courteous he was, lowly, and servysable. --Chaucer.
Bright-hearnessed angels sit in order serviceable. --Milton.
Seeing her so sweet and serviceable. --Tennnyson. -- {Serv"ice*a*ble*ness}, noun -- {Serv"ice*a*bly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
serviceable
adjective
1: ready for service or able to give long service; "serviceable equipment"; "heavy serviceable fabrics" [ant: {unserviceable}]
2: having a beneficial use; "a serviceable kitchen gadget"
3: intended or able to serve a purpose without elaboration; "serviceable low-heeled shoes";
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "serviceable": advantageous, agential, agentival, agentive, aidful, aiding, appropriate, assisting, banausic, beneficial, commodious, conducive, constructive, contributory, durable, employable, expedient, facilitating, favoring, fitting, forwarding, functional, functioning, furthersome, good for, handy, helpful, instrumental, intermediary, long-lasting, mediating, mediatorial, ministerial, ministering, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, operating, operative, positive, practicable, practical, pragmatical, profitable, promoting, proper, remedial, salutary, subservient, therapeutic, tough, usable, useful, utilitarian, workable, working
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