Im*prov"a*ble (?), a. [From
Improve.] 1. Capable of being improved;
susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable
of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities.
Man is accommodated with moral principles,
improvable by the exercise of his faculties.
Sir M. Hale.
I have a fine spread of improvable
lands.
Addison.
2. Capable of being used to advantage;
profitable; serviceable; advantageous.
The essays of weaker heads afford improvable
hints to better.
Sir T. Browne.
-- Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n. --
Im*prov"a*bly, adv.