practicable.

Possible to carry out successfully under the actual circumstances.

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Words that belong together

• practicable solution
• reasonably practicable

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The plan was attractive but not practicable within the available time.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more practicable; superlative most practicable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.