Motionable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be moved or set in motion.

    "Yet found he not on heaven's face A task of cloud to clear ; There was no speck that he might chase Off the blue hemisphere, Nor vapour from the land to drive: The frost-bound country held Nought motionable or alive, […]"

  2. 2
    Able to be made as a motion.

    "If the fact of insurance coverage is omitted from the petition, will a mere statement that the claim will be unaffected by insovency of the estate suffice, or is this motionable?"

Example

More examples

"Yet found he not on heaven's face A task of cloud to clear ; There was no speck that he might chase Off the blue hemisphere, Nor vapour from the land to drive: The frost-bound country held Nought motionable or alive, […]"

Etymology

From motion + -able.

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