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Answer for the clue "The quality of being maneuverable ", 15 letters:
maneuverability

Word definitions for maneuverability in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of manoeuvrability English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being maneuverable [syn: manoeuvrability ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1917, from maneuverable + -ity .

Usage examples of maneuverability.

Lack of maneuverability and a densely packed body type that gave it less vertical range through the Jovian atmosphere than Raimey had.

Commander Takashima called as they pulled up with a maneuverability possible only to craft such as theirs.

In the narrow lane, neither terrain nor maneuverability offered any advantage to the Croats.

This reduced the maneuverability of the long vessel below the safety point in an area of drifting mines.

Mike could see why this might call for maneuverability of any local vessels.

From the day it was built it was capable of greater maneuverability, more extensive sensor range, and more precise firepower than had been thought possible for a warship, and since then it had been improved.

They were angles fighters, smaller airframes that relied on speed and maneuverability to win engagements.

I knew what his plan was: use his maneuverability against my speed, catch me when my inertia was too great to let me turn away from him.

Our maneuverability is severely impaired, which will hinder us in any fight.

The speeder came at him, a saddle-shaped vehicle with no weapons in evidence, made to rely on quickness and maneuverability rather than firepower.

Fifteen years in the Chinese army, most of those as part of a tank crew, had ingrained in him an instinctive longing for maneuverability that was the key to survival in land warfare.

While the reduced weight gave the Hornet added maneuverability, the constant whining of Hornet pilots for tankers was a standing joke that the Tomcat drivers invariably found hysterically funny.

With an extended range and both ground attack and air combat capabilities, its speed and maneuverability made it a match for even the MiG-29.

Her hull was shaped almost like that of a real ship rather than a whale, which made her relatively slow underwater, but her twin screws made for greater maneuverability, especially in shallow water.

At the same time, he armed the eject-hyperdrive mechanism that all Chiss vessels employed-- although few ships could match a clawcraft for sheer maneuverability, their hyperdrives were known to malfunction.