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advisable

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of a course of action English) Worthy of being recommended; desirable. 2 (context of a person English) capable of being advised or willing to be advised. alt. 1 (context of a course of action English) Worthy of being recommended; desirable. ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB always ▪ It is always advisable to have a training partner to assist when doing lying triceps exercises. ▪ It is always advisable to shoot with experienced models. ▪ For this reason it is always advisable in such ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Advisable \Ad*vis"a*ble\, a. Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent. Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. --South. Ready to receive advice. [R.] --South. Syn: Expedient; proper; desirable; befitting.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from advise (v.) + -able .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise; "such action is neither necessary nor advisable"; "extreme caution is advisable"; "it is advisable to telephone first" [ant: inadvisable ]

Usage examples of advisable.

On the other hand, it is not advisable to go wholly without this meal, but the food eaten should be light, easily digestible, and moderate in quantity.

This course of treatment, thoroughly carried out, will seldom fail to effect a perfect cure, without weaning the child, yet this latter course may sometimes become advisable to promote the recovery of the patient.

Should there be irritability, sneezing, or a constant discharge, it is advisable to use Dr.

Should tumors or deformities exist, it is advisable to consult a specialist.

After a thorough cleansing of the vaginal surfaces of mucus, by means of the warm or hot water, it is sometimes advisable to inject remedial fluids.

Tarquin, thinking it advisable to pursue the enemy closely while in this consternation, after sending the booty and the prisoners to Rome, piling up and burning the spoils which he had vowed to Vulcan, proceeds to lead his army onward into the Sabine territory.

Therefore, before they would have recourse to extremities, they thought it advisable to consult the senate a second time.

It would need a really hard prune every spring and more tidying would be advisable each year in late summer.

Ramses had graduated to long trousers that yearthe sudden elongation of his lower limbs having made that decision advisable on aesthetic if no other groundsand with his curly hair brushed into a rampant crest, he resembled a critical stork.

Nefret, who was, as usual, on deck, but deemed it advisable to collect Ramses myself.

I felt it advisable to keep the latter individual under my observant eyes from now on.

I hesitated, for a well-honed instinct told me it might not be advisable to inform Ramses of certain of my intentions.

Sir Robert Peel opposed the motion, and moved a series of resolutions, declaring it advisable to make such provision as should enable the crown to continue all such pensions as had existed at the accession of the late king, or had been granted by him during his reign.

May Sir George Grey proposed and carried a resolution which virtually rescinded that of Sir Eardley Wilmot, by declaring that, in the opinion of the house, it was not advisable to adopt any proceeding for the purpose of giving effect to the resolution of the 26th of that month.

Colborne, as exceptions to the class of cases fit to be included in an amnesty, there must probably among the prisoners be some flagrant and prominent cases of delinquency, which it would not be just or advisable to comprehend in the general lenity.