deal-withable en · ADJ
Etymology
From deal with + -able.
Meanings
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(informal) Able to be dealt with, handled, or overcome.
That's it, I thought to myself, I can't live this way anymore. This has gone beyond the bounds of the deal-withable.
2000, Jim Knipfel, Slackjaw, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 171:I know that isn't really a help, but it does I suppose make it more -- well, understandable, deal-withable, if one knows that this is the common experience[…]
2003 October 7, <anon2765@firedrake.org>, “RE:The apostrophe strikes again”, in alt.books.tom-holt (Usenet):Sometimes I get tired of being the guy who is supposed to deal with un-deal-withable situations.
2007 February 6, Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty, Penguin, →ISBN, page 18:Trust me, my ego is very dealwithable (ugh-ugh-ugh) in person.
1993 January 29, G <g@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK>, “RE:Salmonella Bake 93”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more deal-withable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most deal-withable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| deal-with-able | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dealwithable | alternative | lexicographic |