conformable
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (3)
- quick to comply“I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable — Shakespeare”Opposite disobedientSimilar obedient
- disposed or willing to conform“someone amenable to the instruction of others”Synonyms: amenableOpposite defiantSimilar compliant
- in keeping“salaries agreeable with current trends”“plans conformable with your wishes”“expressed views concordant with his background”Synonyms: accordantagreeableconsonantconcordantOpposite inconsistentSimilar consistent
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con·form′a·ble adjective
1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; — usually followed by to.
The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character.— Joseph Addison
I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable— William Shakespeare
Conformable to Scripture as well as to philosophy.— William Whewell
To make matters somewhat conformable for the old knight.— Sir Walter Scott
2. Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow directions; quick to comply; submissive; compliant.
I have been to you a true and humble wife, At all times to your will conformable.— William Shakespeare
3. Geology Parallel, or nearly so; — said of strata in contact.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54