Both Uses of
practicable
in
Sense and Sensibility
- He really felt conscientiously vexed on the occasion; for the very exertion to which he had limited the performance of his promise to his father was by this arrangement rendered impracticable.†
Chpt 5
- She was very far from wishing to dwell on her own feelings, or to represent herself as suffering much, any otherwise than as the self-command she had practised since her first knowledge of Edward's engagement, might suggest a hint of what was practicable to Marianne.†
Chpt 37 *
Definition:
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(practicable) capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
or more rarely:
usable for a specific purpose