Here, if nowhere else, her small size and manageableness were in her favour. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book] Reference
They were, like the others, much impressed by its vast power and manageableness. From Wordnik.com. [James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.]
The only requisite is manageableness of the ship herself and of the numbers she carries on board. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Life and Letters] Reference
She was unquestionably the first effort of English ingenuity in the direction of manageableness and simplicity. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Invention and Industry] Reference
The advantage of Professor Tait's apparatus is its manageableness and the certainty with which the desired result can be produced. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences] Reference
Shall we, therefore, wish that our boys had the manageableness of German ones, and with it the submissiveness and political serfdom of adult Germans?. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library] Reference
After having tested a little the ferocity or manageableness of the animal, I passed my hand along the outside of the jaws, and felt a bone wedged between two of the grinders. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog] Reference
It is of them that I would talk a little, for my own comfort partly, and also because I am sticking all the time to my subject to illustrate my point, the point of manageableness which I have raised just now. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Life and Letters] Reference
When Herbert returned he was eloquent in his praises of Bessie — her beauty, gayety (then the excitability of her disposition sometimes appeared in extravagant spirits), her sweetness and manageableness; a feminine quality that he admired the more from having had to contend with a contrary disposition in his sister. From Wordnik.com. [The Linwoods; Or, "sixty Years Since" in America] Reference
Gov-ern-ment, supreme power, manageableness. From Wordnik.com. [The Scholar's Spelling Assistant; Wherein the Words Are Arranged on an Improved Plan, According to Their Respective Principles of Accentuation. In a Manner Calculated to Familiarize the Art of Spelling and Pronunciation, to Remove Difficulties, and to Facilitate General Improvement Intended for the Use of Schools and Private Tuition] Reference
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