Adaptable
capable of being .
able to adjust oneself readily to different conditions:
an adaptable person.
Contemporary Examples
Holmes is the most adaptable of characters, having been portrayed by more actors than any other.
‘Elementary’ vs. ‘Sherlock’: Why There’s Room for More Than One Holmes Allen Barra November 28, 2012
She thinks the brand is adaptable for people who believe in other forms of Christianity as well.
Former Victoria’s Secret Model Kylie Bisutti Releases Christian Clothing Line, God Inspired Fashion Misty White Sidell August 6, 2013
This is how America likes to think of itself: unconstrained by the past, generous, adaptable, pragmatic.
The Cynical Bush-Clinton Show Lee Siegel January 17, 2010
Historical Examples
She forgot, with the adaptable memory of youth, her troubles.
Find the Woman Arthur Somers Roche
Because they were so likable and intelligent and adaptable—they were vastly dangerous!
Zen Jerome Bixby
They make the apple-tree group one of the most widespread and adaptable of temperate-region trees.
The Apple-Tree L. H. Bailey
Few words are more elastic and adaptable than the verb substantive.
Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews Handley C.G. Moule
The new plant (Nicotiana tabacum) proved easily naturalized and adaptable to the Virginia soil.
The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 Charles E. Hatch
Which of the possessions of the United States are adaptable for cane-sugar?
Commercial Geography Jacques W. Redway
Captain Mackinnon believes the mind of the Americans to be the keenest and most adaptable in the world.
Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Various
adj.
1800, from adapt + -able.
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