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Definition of Inclinable
1. a. Leaning; tending.
Definition of Inclinable
1. Adjective. Capable of being inclined. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inclinable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inclinable
Literary usage of Inclinable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Is so inclinable rather to shew compassion than to take revenge. ... Iv. '
He showed he was inclinable to bear the sweet yoke of Christian discipline. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"'Temple. ria" will dotes, that is inclinable To what infectiously itself affects.
.... inclinable ..."
3. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"F. of L. inclinable, inclining to, prone,"apr. i.] that dots ngt fuit or agree
well t ther. ... inclinable ..."
4. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"And that the states of Holland are inclinable to take into their service the
forces of Franconia and Swabia. ..."
5. Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various by John Strype (1824)
"Now more inclinable to an amity with England. France false to England in Scottish
affairs ; and to the religion. That king and Spain privately conspire. ..."
6. An Abridgment of Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Times by Gilbert Burnet, Thomas Stackhouse (1906)
"He himself seemed not inclinable to tr.ke the command of the army upon him ; the
Prince of Denmark had it not offered him, and did not ask it; ..."
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