Adjustability
the quality of being adjustable:
a reclining chair with infinite adjustability.
the ability, especially of a child, to to new surroundings; adaptability:
to observe the child’s adjustability to her foster home.
historical examples
its powers of adjustability seemed to fail before the strange and bewildering scene.
all around the moon jules verne
we have as yet the advantage in compactness and simplicity, with adjustability and adaptation to varying cl-sses of work.
lippincott’s magazine, december 1878 various
a most impressive example of this adjustability is seen in his manifold capacity for moral patience.
abraham lincoln’s cardinal traits; clark s. beardslee
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