counsellable

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adjective

Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.

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Meanings

adjectivecounsellable (comparative more counsellable, superlative most counsellable)

comparative more counsellable · superlative most counsellable · alternative counselable

  1. obsoleteWilling to receive counsel or follow advice.

    Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counsellable than he.

    1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater
  2. obsoleteadvisable; prudent

    1660/1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, written by Himself He did not believe it counsellable.

Origin

From counsel + -able.

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APA

counsellable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counsellable

MLA

“counsellable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counsellable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counsellable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counsellable.

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