adjustablyadv.
/əˈdʒʌstəbli/, U.S. /əˈdʒəstəbli/ So as to be capable of being adjusted or modified.
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1831 Repertory Patent Inventions 11 7 The cylinder..is accurately and adjustably fitted.
1895 Bot. Gaz. 20 474 A slender spring, with the recording pen attached to its point, is connected adjustably to the sleeve by a double friction joint.
1920 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 17 Feb. 5/2 The device includes a tubular ring, mounted adjustably on legs, and equipped with a powder container, to which is attached a rubber tube, terminating in a bulb.
1968 Times 28 Feb. 8/7 Tapestries are to be hung adjustably across the back of its stage to absorb more or less sound as individual events require.
2005 C. Porteous & G. MacGregor Solar Archit. in Cool Climates ii. 24 A layer for adjustably controlling solar heat and light.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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- subdit
- subdititious
- subdititiously
- subdiversified
- subdiversify
- subdividable
- subdivide
- subdivided
- subdivident
- subdivider
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- subdivides
- subdividing
- subdividingly
- subdividual
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- subdivisions
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- subdolichocephalic