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Improvably

Improvable \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.