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 5impracticable = not able to be done; or not usefulstandard prefix: The prefix "im-" in impracticable means not and reverses the meaning of practicable. This prefix is sometimes used before words beginning with "M" or "P" as seen in words like immoral, immature, and impossible.
- 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 *practicable = able to be done; or useful
Definition:
capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
or more rarely:
usable for a specific purpose
or more rarely:
usable for a specific purpose