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Antonyms for serviceable

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sur-vuh-suh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr və sə bəl

Definition of serviceable

Origin :
  • "ready to do service," early 14c., from Old French servicable, from servise (see service (n.1)). Related: Serviceability.
  • Edgar: I know thee well: a serviceable villain,As duteous to the vices of thy mistressAs badness would desire.["King Lear," Act IV, Scene vi]
  • adj useful, functional
Example sentences :
  • But Mr. Thoreau was equipped with a most adapted and serviceable body.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • Would you were anything half so serviceable to the community, Sir!
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 » by Various
  • These women are very obedient and serviceable to their husbands.
  • Extract from : « Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World » by Francis Pretty
  • He showed himself noble and generous, serviceable and loving.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • If applied in a pure state, without the sand, it will be serviceable in cleaning oil paintings, and similar articles of furniture.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Raw lobsters are serviceable to their country in peace; but boiled ones in war.
  • Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
  • By this process Cyrus gave up a useless friend and gained a serviceable one.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • After all, my wife, there is nothing in human life so serviceable, nought so beautiful as order.
  • Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon
  • Accordingly they sent Xenophon, and with him a serviceable staff.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • It would have been a serviceable weapon, but it bent slowly.
  • Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin

Synonyms for serviceable

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