Both Uses of
practicable
in
The War of the Worlds
- The pit dropped sheerly from my feet, but a little way along the rubbish afforded a practicable slope to the summit of the ruins.†
Chpt 2.5 *
- I believed unhesitatingly both in his forecast of human destiny and in the practicability of his astonishing scheme, and the reader who thinks me susceptible and foolish must contrast his position, reading steadily with all his thoughts about his subject, and mine, crouching fearfully in the bushes and listening, distracted by apprehension.†
Chpt 2.7
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