Serviceable
adjective
Good enough to be used for a certain purpose or by a certain person.
The car is old but it is still serviceable.
Often appears as...
- serviceable condition
- serviceable equipment
adjective
Sturdy and reliable, designed to withstand everyday use.
He was wearing a serviceable pair of shoes that had lasted him many years.
Often appears as...
- serviceable clothes
- serviceable footwear
adjective
Good enough to be used for a certain purpose or by a certain person.
The car is old but it is still serviceable.
Often appears as...
- serviceable condition
- serviceable equipment
adjective
Sturdy and reliable, designed to withstand everyday use.
He was wearing a serviceable pair of shoes that had lasted him many years.
Often appears as...
- serviceable clothes
- serviceable footwear
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Just Adequate
Use 'serviceable' to describe something that meets basic needs without frills.
The rented room was plain but serviceable for his short stay.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Premium
'Serviceable' implies functionality, without suggesting high quality or luxury features.
She bought a serviceable phone with just the essential features.
Pro Tip 3/3Second-hand Acceptable
Describes used items that are still functional, despite not being new.
His serviceable jacket came from a thrift store.
Pro Tip 1/3Just Adequate
Use 'serviceable' to describe something that meets basic needs without frills.
The rented room was plain but serviceable for his short stay.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Premium
'Serviceable' implies functionality, without suggesting high quality or luxury features.
She bought a serviceable phone with just the essential features.
Pro Tip 3/3Second-hand Acceptable
Describes used items that are still functional, despite not being new.
His serviceable jacket came from a thrift store.
Pro Tip 1/3Just Adequate
Use 'serviceable' to describe something that meets basic needs without frills.
The rented room was plain but serviceable for his short stay.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Premium
'Serviceable' implies functionality, without suggesting high quality or luxury features.
She bought a serviceable phone with just the essential features.
Pro Tip 3/3Second-hand Acceptable
Describes used items that are still functional, despite not being new.
His serviceable jacket came from a thrift store.
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Bridges should be...
but I want to take you back to something which I alluded to earlier on. Our bridges need to be functional, yes. They need to be safe -- absolutely. They need to be serviceable and durable. But I passionately believe they need to be elegant; they need to be beautiful.
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The history of the world...
Many may not think of cats as serviceable sailors, or cooperative companions of any kind. But cats have been working alongside humans for thousands of years - helping us just as often as we help them.
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Bridges should be...
but I want to take you back to something which I alluded to earlier on. Our bridges need to be functional, yes. They need to be safe -- absolutely. They need to be serviceable and durable. But I passionately believe they need to be elegant; they need to be beautiful.
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The history of the world...
Many may not think of cats as serviceable sailors, or cooperative companions of any kind. But cats have been working alongside humans for thousands of years - helping us just as often as we help them.
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Christopher Columbus
Italian Explorer
As soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force, in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts. And so it was that they soon understood us, and we them, either by speech or by signs, and they have been very serviceable.
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William Golding
English Novelist
A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go back. The story in a book is humble and serviceable, available, friendly, is not switched on and off but taken up and put down, lasts a lifetime.
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Joseph Lancaster
English Educator
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.
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Mickey Arthur
South African Coach
Having coached in South Africa, you don't really work with wrist-spinners - you work with serviceable finger-spinners.
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Matthew Henry
English Clergyman
Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness makes goodness much more serviceable.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
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Henri Frederic Amiel
Swiss Philosopher
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.
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W. Somerset Maugham
British Playwright
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Henry Miller
American Author
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
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Sam Neill
Irish Actor
I'm serviceable. I'm durable. I get the job done.
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Christopher Columbus
Italian Explorer
As soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force, in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts. And so it was that they soon understood us, and we them, either by speech or by signs, and they have been very serviceable.
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William Golding
English Novelist
A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go back. The story in a book is humble and serviceable, available, friendly, is not switched on and off but taken up and put down, lasts a lifetime.
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Joseph Lancaster
English Educator
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.
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Mickey Arthur
South African Coach
Having coached in South Africa, you don't really work with wrist-spinners - you work with serviceable finger-spinners.
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Matthew Henry
English Clergyman
Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness makes goodness much more serviceable.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French Writer
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
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Henri Frederic Amiel
Swiss Philosopher
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.
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W. Somerset Maugham
British Playwright
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Henry Miller
American Author
The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.
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Sam Neill
Irish Actor
I'm serviceable. I'm durable. I get the job done.
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