a. [f. ADAPT v. + -ABLE, as if ad. L. *adaptābilis.] Capable of being adapted; applicable; pliable.
1800. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., X. 317. The very metre employed … is no less adaptable to the other Gothic dialects than to the German.
1857. Toulm. Smith, Parish, 1. Principles, which are adaptable to all the changing conditions of human progress.
1865. Trafford (Mrs. Riddell), G. Geith, II. vi. 58 Before marriage, men are not so adaptable as women.
