Versable

Quick meaning: Versable is an adjective meaning Capable of being turned; flexible, changeable, or inconsistent.

Meaning

Capable of being turned; flexible, changeable, or inconsistent.

Example Sentences

The classic statement by Judge Holmes, " [t]he law does not define fraud; it needs no definition; it is as old as falsehood and as versable as human ingenuity.

The goal of the prosecution will be to cast before the judge and jury a vision of the case as one reflecting the versable ingenuity of the human mind in loosing the larceny residing in us.

Hence they are naturally led to relinquish the firmness of an upright character, for that supple and versable turn, which accommodates itself to the times, and assumes whatever appearance seems most convenient for interest.

Different from his Scottish predecessor, the German novelist wanted to develop a "versable" hero/ine: socially typical, but also uniquely complex and receptive to change; the kind of hero/ine that would foster ambiguity and polysemy, not stymie them.

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Related dictionary entries include changeable, alterable, versatile, vertible, turnable, conversive.

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