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Definition of Advisable

1. Adjective. Worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise. "It is advisable to telephone first"

Definition of Advisable

1. a. Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

Definition of Advisable

1. Adjective. (context: of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Advisable

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Advisable

1. 1. Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent. "Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day." (South) 2. Ready to receive advice. Synonym: Expedient, proper, desirable, befitting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Advisable

Literary usage of Advisable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by John Barnard Byles, Maurice Barnard Byles, Walter John Barnard Byles (1899)
"IT is in all eases advisable for the holder of au unaccepted advisable in bill ... It is advisable, too, on account of the drawer, for, by receiving early ..."

2. Report by Canada Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Inquire into the Present Condition of the Civil Service (1877)
"Certainly. would it not be advisable to take those who, other things being equal, showed that they had the largest amount of intelligence ? ..."

3. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1899)
"It is of course well known, all other things remaining constant, that it is advisable to obtain structural and other steel as finely grained as possible. ..."

4. The Lancet (1842)
"But as I shall have frequently to refer to Mr. Car- michael's views in future lectures, I have thought it advisable to arrange them ma tabular form for yon. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"does not consider it advisable to apply the same names to the rocks of the two localities on account of minute differences and overlaps in chemical and ..."

6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"The work gave no little offence to the directors, and it was not considered advisable to publish it in England. The first-fruits of this study appeared in ..."

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