serviceable Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective ready for service or able to give long service
- serviceable equipment
- heavy serviceable fabrics
adjective satellite capable of being put to good use
- a serviceable kitchen gadget
adjective satellite intended or able to serve a purpose without elaboration;
- serviceable low-heeled shoes

Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous. "Serviceable to religion and learning". Atterbury. "Serviceable tools." Macaulay.
I know thee well, a serviceable villain. Shak.
Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.
Courteous he was, lowly, and servysable. Chaucer.

Bright-hearnessed angels sit in order serviceable. Milton.

Seeing her so sweet and serviceable. Tennnyson.
-- Serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. -- Serv"ice*a*bly, adv.