Is changeability a real word?

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What does changeability mean?

: capable of change: such as. a : able or apt to vary changeable weather. b : subject to change : alterable changeable plans. c : fickle a person changeable in his moods.
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Is there a word changeable?

OTHER WORDS FOR changeable

1 erratic, inconstant, fickle, flighty, unstable.
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What is the adverb for changeable?

In a changeful manner.
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What is the root word of changeable?

changeable (adj.) mid-13c., "unstable, inconstant, unreliable," from Old French changeable "inconstant," from changier "to alter; exchange; to switch" (see change (v.)) + -able (see -able). Meaning "subject to variation" is from late 14c.
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What is a mercurial man?

If you describe someone as mercurial, you mean that they frequently change their mind or mood without warning. [literary] ...his mercurial temperament. Synonyms: capricious, volatile, unpredictable, erratic More Synonyms of mercurial.
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How do you use Changeably in a sentence?

The weather will be changeably cloudy, occasionally gloomy and mainly rainless in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula. Nor does he exist changeably, so that he is now something that at some time he was not or will not be.
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What is the synonym of ill tempered?

synonyms for ill-tempered

cantankerous. grumpy. irascible. testy. annoyed.
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What does modifiable mean in science?

Definitions of modifiable. adjective. capable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme) “"the rhythm of physiological time is not modifiable except by interference with certain fundamental processes" - Alexis Carrel” Antonyms: unmodifiable.
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What part of speech is changeable?

Capable of being changed.
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What does salvageable mean?

: capable of being salvaged salvageable patients.
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What is the suffix of changeable?

change + -able = changeable.
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What is steadfast behavior?

Someone can be steadfast in a belief, an effort, a plan, or even a refusal. Whatever it is, it means that the person will calmly hold firm to the chosen position and follow through with determination. Definitions of steadfast. adjective. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.
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What does chargeability mean?

adj. 1. Suitable to be charged, as to an account: chargeable expenses. 2. Liable to be accused or indicted.
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What is a changeable person?

Someone or something that is changeable is likely to change many times.
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Can Indispensable be a noun?

The characteristic of being indispensable; indispensability.
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What is the opposite of modifiable?

Opposite of capable of being modified. established. fixed. immutable. inelastic.
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What does indexable mean?

indexable (not comparable) That can be indexed. It's important to make Web pages indexable if you want people to find them through search engines.
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What is an ill tempered woman called?

shrew Add to list Share. Use the noun shrew — at your own risk — to refer to a woman who is argumentative, nagging, and ill tempered.
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How do you use ill tempered in a sentence?

But he was still headstrong and ill-tempered; and he was often in trouble with the other sailors. Foka, the butler, was the most ill-tempered person in the house. Rolfe is incredibly ill-tempered and foul-mouthed as his on-screen video game fanatic.
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What is hot-tempered person?

Definition of hot-tempered

: becoming angry very easily : having or showing a hot temper a hot-tempered political activist a hot-tempered reply.
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What is a fatalists?

a person who advances the idea that all events are naturally predetermined or subject to fate: Despite his teaching that class conflict is inevitable, observers contend that Marx was not a fatalist about historical change.
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What does it mean to be a mercurian?

Definition of Mercurian (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : one born under Mercury. 2 : one that has a well-developed Mount of Mercury and a long and large finger of Mercury and that is usually held by palmists to be characterized by shrewdness, quickness, and energy.
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What is the difference between capricious and mercurial?

Some common synonyms of mercurial are capricious, fickle, inconstant, and unstable. While all these words mean "lacking firmness or steadiness (as in purpose or devotion)," mercurial implies a rapid changeability in mood.
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