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Improvable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.