All 3 Uses of
liable
in
1984 by Orwell
- Repairs, except what you could do for yourself, had to be sanctioned by remote committees which were liable to hold up even the mending of a window-pane for two years.
p. 21..1liable = maybe going to
- He hated using his hands, and he hated bending down, which was always liable to start him coughing.
p. 21..9 *
- At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.
p. 63..9
Definition:
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(liable as in: she is liable to) likely to; or maybe going to